In our renovation, we’re finding that we’re constrained by the same constraints that affect all projects. We are having to balance the...

Our property came with loads of hunting stands scattered about our back woods; probably 5 or 6 in total (I’m not convinced we’ve found...

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

This is one of those instances where the gentleman at the Ace Hardware store that sold us the snow blower expressed that we were a little...

Every weekend I am more and more appreciative of Ed's propane camping stove with water kettle. In the wee hours of the morning, I am...

The pine cone driveway clean-up efforts are intensifying!

The walnuts are really starting to come down now. We've been getting the one-off's for a while now, but the pace is really picking up....

With the exception of the cabinet that will go above the refrigerator, all of the upper kitchen cabinets are "up". This was one of those...

The early morning fog actually stuck around until mid-late Sunday morning... It was nice in a "mystic" sort of way...

When we first purchased our property, Ed’s mother (who’s active with her local garden club) gave us some Milkweed seeds to plant. Because...

Someone I recently met shared with me her “Safe & Modern Home Food Preservation” Facebook page. It started as a closed Facebook group but...

This is my kind of homesteading. As I've written previously, I am not a big fan of hoppy beers. Over the past few years I have focused...

Our driveway weeds are exhausting me! I want to keep how we address them as natural as possible (especially given that we get our water...

We had October snow at the property; nothing really stuck to the ground even though it did snow for an hour or so. Our dog Maxie had the...

Me writing about life being short and suggesting that you need to live the life you want to live now, is a bit of the pot calling the...

I’m debating about maintaining a landline; to date, we have. My original thought process has been that I want a way to phone if our power...

This one is going to cost us. Even if we do it ourselves (which I believe we’ll need to do for it to be cost effective). The only viable...

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...

It’s the end of September and the leaves are really starting to change color on our property and in the Driftless area in general. Fall...

I have to work a little to hike to the high point of our land; but when I do, it’s always worth it!