At the start of the week, our plan was simple. We had taken Friday off to meet with a WDNR forester to walk our woodlots and learn about...

I write this entry with some trepidation. Nowadays, there are so many things that polarize our society. Guns are near the top of that...

Writing this, I glance out the window and watch the snow starting to pile up. We have had a mild winter so far, but today we are getting...

On day 2 of our stay at the property with Henry, it rained. It was not the best of conditions to shoot outside on the property. The...

I stopped at The Lemon Door in Fennimore on the way to pick up Henry at UW-Platteville for Thanksgiving break. They were mentioned in a...

This post is a little late in coming. The first weekend in October was family weekend at my son’s university. His roommate is a friend...

I need some empty beer bottles so I can bottle the perry hard pear cider I am currently brewing. Rather than buying empty bottles, I am...

Once or twice a month on our way back home, we stop at the Carr Valley Cheese store in Mazomanie, WI. They have an endless assortment of...

We recently visited the Buckhorn Amish Outlet in the Richland Center area. While I saw a swivel Adirondack chair that I liked (it was...

We did not work on our property this weekend (a blessing and a curse). Instead, Ed and I each brought our respective mothers to go...

Shortly after dropping our son Henry off at UW-Platteville, we drove to the college from the farmstead to drop off a few things. On the...

Our second county fair in 2 weekends. The Vernon County fair was about twice the size of the Richland County fair and it stands to reason...

It's a gas station! It's a petting zoo! It's a general store! What?! Our dog Maxie has a new favorite rest stop; the Concord General...

Ed has always wanted some sort of artistic talent. In 20 years of marriage, I had no evidence that he had any (sounds cruel I know, but...

Our break this past weekend was a turn at the Richland County fair. We were hungry and found lots to eat and drink (a local beef sandwich...

The “Driftless Area” is a midwestern region of the United States in southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa,...

I came across a display of beers from the Hillsboro Brewing Company during a recent visit to the Viroqua Food Co-op. I love being able to...

For a couple of years leading up to our property purchase, I was a regular viewer of an “off grid” homesteading YouTube channel. The...