Had "Neighbors" Over for "Linner"
I've been wanting to start a monthly meet-up / potluck of neighbors for some time now. Today was the first gathering at our place. There...
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Maggie
Sep 15, 20222 min read
How 2 Full Crates of Apples were Ultimately Preserved
Pint of Apple Butter (left) and Pint of Apple Sauce
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Maggie
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Five Hours Later... 7 Quarts of Sweet Apples
The 5 hours it took to get to having 7 quarts of canned apples consisted mainly of coring, peeling, and slicing; even with my gadget that...
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Ed
Aug 6, 20222 min read
Prepping for Pigs
A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a new episode of Around the Farm Table. The episode profiled a farm advocacy and support group in...
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Ed
Aug 6, 20222 min read
Year of the 'B' Midyear Update
Each year, I try to create a theme for the upcoming work on our farmstead. It provides direction and helps us tell our story. This year...
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Maggie
Jul 13, 20221 min read
Using Hickory Nut Shells / Husks when Grilling for Smokey Flavor
Last fall I harvested a boatload of hickory nuts from our front woods. Instead of tossing the husks, I saved the husks / shells to use...
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Maggie
Jul 13, 20221 min read
New Electricity Free Food Dehydrator
I had purchased my hanging tiered "solar" food dehydrator that has internal shelves and zippers to access each "shelf" from Amazon...
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Maggie
Jul 7, 20221 min read
Wood Burning Stove Install Now Complete
The pad looks different than I remember it, but all is installed now and ready to go. The installers were nice enough to walk through...
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Maggie
Jun 28, 20222 min read
New Wood Burning Stove Install - Not Quite Complete But...
I wish I would have noticed the time that the installers arrived this morning. It was early - maybe 8 or 9am. They left at about...
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Maggie
May 18, 20223 min read
Maggie's Layens Bee Hives
I watch homesteading YouTube videos. I watched more of them prior to our getting our property 3+ years' ago; but, I still do watch some...
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Ed
May 12, 20222 min read
Spring has Sprung
After several weeks of what has been the coldest, cloudiest, and dampest spring I can remember, we have immediately bypassed spring and...
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Ed
May 5, 20224 min read
Our First Livestock
This weekend, we crossed a boundary, going from solely raising plants to an addition of animals to the mix. While bees are technically...
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Ed
Mar 28, 20222 min read
2022 Maple Syrup Roundup
It has been a cold spring, even by Wisconsin standards. We have not even had 'fool's spring' yet. The cold weather has not been kind to...
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Ed
Mar 12, 20221 min read
A Cold Syrup Season
Picking a date to tap maple trees for syrup is tricky. The sap runs on days when the temperature is above freezing but the nighttime...
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Ed
Dec 28, 20213 min read
2022 is the Year of the 'B'
Writing '2022 feels odd', but time marches on. Come March, we will be entering the fourth year of working on our property. It is hard to...
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Ed
Nov 26, 20212 min read
Finally Finished a Spoon
Over a year ago, I wrote a post about carving a wooden spoon from an oak tree that came down during a storm. Since then, we have had...
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Ed
Nov 6, 20213 min read
October Garden Report
Our last garden report for the year of the garden... The first part of October saw us starting to pull some of the more cold-sensitive...
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Ed
Oct 3, 20212 min read
September Garden Report
It is hard to believe our garden has only been growing for four months. After our fool's spring, the garden got a foothold, survived a...
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Ed
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Canning Exhaustion
We have reached the point in the gardening season when we are tired of produce. We have eaten our fill of beans and summer squash, and...
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Ed
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Pickles Multiple Ways
One of the crops I was most excited about this year was our cucumbers, because I wanted to make pickles. Fortunately, we have had good...
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