Tuff's Super-Duty 110 Gallon Stock Tank Last weekend we made a trip to Tractor Supply to see if we could find a better alternative to the...

Although we had snow today, we have begun our garden for the year! One of the challenges of gardening year after year is that the chores...

A couple of weeks ago, Maggie and I attended the newly renamed "Garden and Green Living Expo" in Madison. As always, we enjoyed getting...

With the new year comes a new garden plan. We have reached the point where the scars, trials, and tribulations from last year's garden...

Several years ago, we successfully grew shiitake mushrooms using oak logs. Ironwood is also used to grow these mushrooms, so 2 years ago...

After years of harvesting honey, we have accumulated a considerable amount of beeswax. While looking through a bee supply catalogue, I...

Among the gardening and other outdoor activities, we still have a house we are trying to update. We are slowly nearing the finish line,...

One of the fun things about living in an area with many small communities, local businesses, and non-profits is that many host events to...

It's been tradition for as long as Ed and I have been married for Ed to make the pumpkin pie for his side of the family's Thanksgiving...

We finally completed one of the hardest tasks of the year, which is getting the gardens ready for winter. Usually, we have this completed...

While not always possible, we're trying to build out our remaining projects using recycled / repurposed items. Ed recently had a couple...

We are at the mid-point of closing down the garden for winter. We are spreading a giant piles of woodchips across the beds, mucking out...

Being relatively new to canning and storing food from our garden, we've now realized that we've been over canning each season (despite...

As summer winds down, we will be taking stock of our Year of the Perennials. First up is our attempt at growing lavender. Like many of...

I do not usually just post photos, but took a couple of nice ones that highlight our summer... I tried my hand at small-scale flower...

We are in the midst of mite treatment for our three beehives, so it seems like a good time to summarize our 2024 honey season. To start,...

Time to start thinking about winter. We use straw as bedding for our chicken coop and for the nesting boxes. During the spring and...

Pretty sure there's just one of my new hens that's laying blue/green eggs - but it's fun to see!

My neighbor gave me some tomatoes today and I'm looking forward to making tomato sandwiches as my main sustenance for the next week or so....

I've gathered eggs using my shirt as a "pouch"; I've gathered eggs using the pockets in my sweaters and jackets (which can be dangerous...