Another season of sugaring is in the books, and it was a wild one. With the mild winter, there was much discussion among the maple syrup...

Maggie and I once again attended the Madison Garden and Landscape Expo in February. This is a great event, as it combines an exhibition...

Walking our front pasture this past Saturday afternoon with Ed was glorious. The weather was almost spring like, it was bright and...

We've had our "homestead property" since March, 2019 (nearly 5 years as of this writing) and our main bathroom is still in it's original...

After seeing zero inches of snow in December and early January, it was starting to seem like our dry 2023 would carry over into 2024. We...

In a few weeks, we will be making our annual trip to the Wisconsin Garden and Landscape Expo. Since we use that trip as an opportunity to...

Since we first started our homesteading adventure, we have given each year a theme. While work overlaps from year to year, we find that...

We've said this before, but Ed and I are always trying to do our menu planning around the foods we've grown and preserved. The past...

I went to a neighborhood "barn sale" this past summer and met a neighbor for the first time. She and her husband were new to the area...

One of the end-of-year projects we always have is a review of how our garden performed. Every year we rotate crops and try new varieties,...

With the year winding down, it is time to take stock and review. I enjoy thinking back on each year. I find my memory is not as good as...

Every year, it seems like a race to complete projects before winter settles in. Despite a couple of cold spells, our autumn was mild....

For most of the year, I felt that our new cats and chickens, while not fearing us, at least had a healthy respect for us. That feeling...

It's a relatively cold, rainy, and overall blustery day here in Wisconsin. Ed took off work mid-week this week in order for us to catch...

Like many, we have a tablet, and we use an app to tap into our library's magazine collection. One of the magazines we look forward to...

The chickens have ramped up production, and we are now getting at least a half-dozen eggs a day. Maggie has been giving some away, but...

Last year produced a bumper crop of peppers, and we took to eating, canning, and drying peppers to keep up. After grinding a batch of...

After allowing our 5 gallons of honey to settle for a week, it was time to bottle. We bought a mix of 1-pound and 2-pound bottles and set...

In the end, we produced honey, but it was a challenge. We had previously checked the hives and determined that we would be able to take...

We've harvested lots of rhubarb this season. I've been canning rhubarb and freezing it as it comes in. While I've made rhubarb Jell-o...