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!
Maggie and I are gearing up to go to the Madison Garden and Green Living Expo next weekend, February 13-15, 2026. It is held every year at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Information on the Expo can be found here . The best part of the Expo (other than seeing green plants), is that a series of volunteer presentations are given. The slate of presenters and topics change each year, so there is always something new to learn. This year I am looking forward to learning about
February continues our winter baking efforts. We just finished eating another loaf of sourdough bread and a batch of raspberry scones, which Maggie made from frozen garden raspberries. Maggie and I both love magazines and have over a dozen bookmarked on our Libby library app. One recent additional was Bake from Scratch magazine. I noticed the magazine appeared to kick off a 'cookie of the month' series with the first issue of the year. Because magazines now seem to be issued
