I'm trying to keep myself organized as I try saving tomato seeds. We planted a variety of tomatoes this year and they are all either...

If it had been just me, the side kick, there wouldn't have been any honey harvested this year. Ed did most of the strategizing and...

In the past 4 days, we've gotten 1 dozen eggs. Some of them are still pretty small pullet eggs, but some seem to be regular sized eggs....

At least one of our eleven pullets (raised from 1 day old chicks) has been spending time in one of our nine nesting boxes. With a couple...

Maybe we're just too new to growing pumpkins, but having an orange pumpkin (3 actually) on August 1st in Wisconsin seems way too early. ...

In mid to late April, a friend gave me some potato starts as a gift. Excited, I planted them right away. Here and Wisconsin, April is...

Our two new barn cats, Smudge and Maple, were released from their training crate a couple of months ago, and they have quickly found...

As we approach August, we are starting to count the days until we try and extract honey from our hives. I opened each of our three hives...

Our baby chicks are starting to look like chickens - more and more every day. Our little kittens are growing quickly as well. While...

My new area friend and her significant other have barn cats who in turn had kittens about 8 weeks ago. Last night, she was kind enough to...

It had to be done. Our 11 baby chicks, now officially 5 weeks old as of today, were getting way too big for the brooder in our basement....

The chicks are entering week five of six, and are getting quite large. They are rapidly outgrowing their cage in the basement. Maggie has...

Ed gave me an idea this weekend. Ed wanted to make homemade bread that had chunks of discernable cheese in it along with our home canned...

This weekend, I was finally able to find time to clear the trees that had fallen across the trails in our woods. I had wanted to get this...

I recently found a website entitled “Blind Pig and the Acorn”. While briefly perusing, I found the following words of wisdom that really...

Well - the12 baby chicks that we received a little over 2 weeks ago are all still with us. Fingers crossed that our good luck...

I got a call at about 10am saying that our brand new baby chicks (12 in all; egg layers) arrived today. We ordered these chicks back in...

On Sunday, Ed made homemade pretzel "rolls" for the first time ever. We've both been making our own versions of bread (I tend to favor...

While spring started several weeks ago, today was the first day it seemed the weather got the memo. Sunshine, blue sky, temperature...

With maple syrup season finally in the rear-view mirror, it's time to turn our attention to our chicken project. Maggie has assembled a...