Shortly after dropping our son Henry off at UW-Platteville, we drove to the college from the farmstead to drop off a few things. On the...

I guess I have a little bit of the “prepper” mentality; I’ve had it for while. Even so, it’s not anything that I’ve acted upon (yet)....

In terms of off-grid laundry back-up goes - I think I’ve got this one covered. Regardless of being on or off grid, I eventually plan on...

While I plan on hanging our laundry out to dry as often as I can (and in the basement during the winter), I know we’ll want an on-grid...

I’ve been making my own laundry detergent for about 6-7 years now. I started doing this to be cost effective and to get back to a simpler...

Bow hunting season officially began this past weekend. We were a bit nervous as we went for our weekend property walk (and I for one...

Our farmer neighbor said that he caught pictures of bobcats on his trail camera just last week. What?! I knew we had cayote (I even saw...

When I show property pictures to friends and family, they always ask about our neighbor to the south. I like having them there. A family...

Our second county fair in 2 weekends. The Vernon County fair was about twice the size of the Richland County fair and it stands to reason...

I wish we’d gotten a picture (the photo I attached is a free stock photo from online; it's as close to what we saw as I could find). We...

It's a gas station! It's a petting zoo! It's a general store! What?! Our dog Maxie has a new favorite rest stop; the Concord General...

Walking to the back woods this morning, I noticed Wild Asparagus along the fence line.

Ed has always wanted some sort of artistic talent. In 20 years of marriage, I had no evidence that he had any (sounds cruel I know, but...

I’m so thankful that there’s still an old-time mercantile store like Lehman’s Hardware Store. Lehman’s offers retail in Ohio's Amish...

We currently use an electric dehumidifier in our city home’s basement and I can really tell when we’re using it during the summer months,...

This week, our hayfield had its second cutting; it was so nice seeing the hay bales scattered in the field when we arrived. The cutting...

In-between paint coats, I went and picked apples from our pasture area this weekend. The apples were small and looked pretty beaten up...

This weekend, while Ed was assembling kitchen cabinets, I primed and painted the first window. This is going to be my job going forward;...

Thanks to Ed, I got my first look at some assembled kitchen cabinets. I’m going to love them! Ed chose some of the larger and more...

Our break this past weekend was a turn at the Richland County fair. We were hungry and found lots to eat and drink (a local beef sandwich...