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 4, 20221 min read
Our First Batch of 2022 Apples
One benefit of apples is that they can last for a while un-processed. When the weather cools off a bit more, I look forward to pressure...
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Maggie
Jul 13, 20221 min read
Who Knew? The Entire Wild Daylily Plant is Edible!
Last summer, I did learn that the common / wild / invasive Daylily plant is entirely edible (not the more modern and engineered version...
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Maggie
Jul 10, 20221 min read
Steamer Canning Wild Raspberry Jam - So Easy!
I've been doing a bit of pressure canning lately; however, today, I steam canned 12 pints of wild raspberry jam (no pectin). It was...
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Maggie
Jul 3, 20221 min read
Wild Raspberry Time of Year
Ever since Thursday, I've been harvesting our wild raspberries. The bushes are scattered throughout our property (mainly along the hedge...
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Maggie
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Not a Paid Advertisement - HLRBO
This is not a paid advertisement - at all. But I did list our land on HLRBO about a week ago. I listed it as a Bow Season Only Hunting...
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Maggie
May 30, 20222 min read
No "English Country Flower Garden" for Me
For fifteen years or more in our city house, I would plant flowers galore in our back yard and in attractive large pots on our patio. ...
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Maggie
May 29, 20224 min read
Who Let the Cows Out???
Five-thirty Friday morning brought some unexpected "excitement" to Blackhammer Acres. About a week ago, our neighboring farmer said he'd...
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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
Dec 19, 20212 min read
Weather Station
I am closing in on completing what has been a decades-long project. Many years ago, I thought it would be fun to build a weather station....
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Maggie
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Earning Money from Our Land
We are not farmers and yet we live in farm country with a mix of both hayfields and woods. We do lease our hayfields to a neighboring...
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Ed
Jul 4, 20212 min read
Black Cap Raspberry Jam
On her periodic walks this week, Maggie noticed wild raspberries ripening along our fenceline. I had not realized they were there until...
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Ed
May 9, 20213 min read
Working Vacation
Most people take vacations to relax. They lay on a beach, or golf, or drink at the cruise ship bar. My 9-day vacation this spring did...
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Ed
May 1, 20212 min read
Planting our Orchard...on the Hottest Day of the Year
I traveled to Grandview Orchard on Friday to pick up our order of fruit trees, raspberries, and honeyberries. The last thing I did Friday...
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Maggie
Apr 17, 20211 min read
First Mayapple Sighting of the Spring
While taking a hike this afternoon, I saw my first Maypples of the spring. Ahhh... There's always something to make me smile!
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Maggie
Mar 23, 20212 min read
Red Sky in the Morning
I was 2-3 minutes too late in taking this picture and those 2-3 minutes made a world of difference in terms of the overall red sky...
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Ed
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Sugar Season Recap
The spiles are pulled and the buckets are washed and put away. With this week's warm temperatures came the end of our maple syrup season....
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Ed
Mar 7, 20213 min read
First Sap Boil of 2021
The weather has not been conducive for our maple trees to produce sap. I think it has been an odd combination of deep frost and an...
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