This spring has been a little rainier and warmer than usual, which has triggered an early burst of greenery. One of the plants making a...

The lavender we started from seed a few weeks ago ended up with a fairly good germination rate. The 'Vera' variety performed best, with...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

I love estate sales and rummage sales. I look at them as little treasure hunts. Stores today all carry the same homogenized merchandise,...

Every year it is the same. By October, we are tired of the abundance of squash and canning pickles, but by the first snowfall in...

Today I shucked some dried beans we'd let go to seed (for next years' seed and maybe just a little to actually eat). Yesterday, I picked...

We made three trips to a local cattle farmer family who raise 90+ meat cows. We had our old Dodge Dakota pick-up truck pulling a trailer...

I enjoy Brussel Sprouts; Ed, not quite as much unless they're roasted. Because I enjoy them and because they're said to be a cool...

You know it's fall when the leaves start turning and when the Halloween and other fall related decorations start. Fall is Ed's favorite...

As we cleaned out our garden today to get it ready for winter, we found the last of the winter squash. Having planted various types of...

It took Ed and I much of the day today to take down the garden. With a few exceptions (ex: we're waiting for beans to dry and we like our...

We've been picking and using our peppers for quite a while now; using them in canning salsa's and relishes and sauces. Today, we said,...

You know your married to the right person (and have been for a long time) when date night happily consists of chatting, laughing, and...

This past weekend, I pressure canned 8 quart jars of zucchini. (I know that pressure canning zucchini (cubes in my case) is no longer...

Today, we decided to grill the vacuum sealed boneless NY Strip steaks I had purchased from our local Kwik Trip for $5.99 each. I had...