Home Improvement, Sustainability, and Organic Gardening in Progress
What do you do when your only child goes off to college? You buy an old farmstead in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, of course!
Rehabbing a farmhouse, gardening, and dabbling with sustainability is keeping us busy. Share our adventures through our writings and photos of the work in progress!
Saturday was a nice day, so we took a break from housework to travel to Sparta for their annual Christmas market. These markets have been popping up everywhere over the years, but Sparta is an older one, with this being their 11th annual Kriskindlmarkt. We viewed the booths, ate a Bockwurst and two raclettes (my favorite), and stopped at Ginny's Cupboard for homemade soup. We were quite full by the end.
We are, technically, in the dead of winter. Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. We celebrated by building a fire in the morning to add to the light and warmth of the sun. We also spent a big part of the day in the kitchen making meatloaf and lamb stock. We also added a loaf of bread to the mix. Usually the house is so cold in the winter, bread takes a long time to rise, but the woodstove and oven added a boost to the indoor temperature. It turned out t
