The patching is done! Time for primer. The previous paint included sand as a texturing agent, so I added that in with the primer.

One of the things Ed really likes about the Driftless Area is the abundance of Sugar Maple trees. He wants to tap sugar maples and make...

Often, one of the first things I like to do when we get to our “still new to us property” is to take a walk (assuming the heat and bugs...

It’s been fun going out to eat once each weekend when we’re in town doing our rehab work. We don’t have a kitchen or a working...

Patching drywall is one of my least favorite projects. Unfortunately, we have a lot of patching to do. Between the walls that were taken...

I used to know what a Cardinal’s call sounded like. Now I’m not so sure anymore. We see and hear so many different birds at the property...

We’ve had Mr. Rooster (and his companion, Ms. Piggy) for a good 15 years or so; mainly in our Milwaukee family room. We initially spotted...

When we started to consider all of the work that we needed to do on the home and the property, it was easy to get overwhelmed (and it...

These suprised us near the side of the house and near the barn; they appear to be perennials (at least we hope they are)...

I recently ordered and received an Invasive Plant guide from Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources. It cost me $5 to get it sent to...

Ed and I differ in terms of how we get to where we’re going in our new “neighborhood”. Given the choice of taking the tried and true main...

One of the things I’ve been hearing a lot about lately on the homesteading / off-grid YouTube channels that I watch is elderberry...

Thanks to Leinenkugel’s “Summer Shandy”, a number of microbrewers have taken a break from their race to produce the hoppiest beer...

While exploring places to eat, we found The.Best.PIzza.Ever! Country Gardens in Soldiers Grove has some of the best pizza we have ever...

Most kids want to be firefighters or racecar drivers when they grow up. I wanted to be a botanist. While that never happened, I still...

We had no intention of buying a riding lawnmower for our property when we made our weekly trip to work on the house. We had intended that...

We’ve lived in our current city home for 20 years. When we bought the house, the walls had been “newly” painted in colors that seemed to...

There was water in the basement the day we closed on our property in mid-March; it seemed to be coming in on both the NE and the NW...

Because we’re doing as much of our rehab work as possible ourselves and because we’re on a budget, we’ve had to source the associated...

We first stayed at our new property the weekend of March 15th when the last of our harsh winter was within reach and the hope of spring...