Downright ugly outside as of this moment. Rain changing over to snow as I type. Every piece of work clothing I have for this time of year is soaked after today. But it’s sure nice and warm here in the house. Today I received two things of interest in the mail; one was the 2006 [...]
We’ve all heard about people coming to the country and want to live an agrarian lifestyle and how they crashed and burned in the attempt. Heck, we even had the most famous country type guy try it in our immediate area, he’s the one on public radio every week with the Prairie Home Companion, just [...]
As the rest of the country is so geared up for shopping today and it’s the main topic on the news while I’m feeding cows out in the hayfield on the back forty I have to just smile. Boy, I must really be missing the boat. It didn’t even cross my mind that I should [...]
I’m still so full as I’m writing this it’s difficult to get around. Good thing afternoon chores are minimal in winter. Maybe I should go walk around outside for a while without a coat on and burn calories but I’m afraid that I’d freeze before I could get the calories fired up. We had the [...]
This evening it’s windier than the dickens outside and the temperature is falling. But that’s about normal for this time of year. This Thanksgiving there’s so much to be thankful for around here it’s even hard to remember it all with my limited mind capacity. But anyone that’s ever followed this blog even a little [...]
All is going smoothly on the farm these last few days. Any available moment I try and get out and make some firewood. Just wish it would get a little cooler because now it stays just a little above freezing and the ground is slimy because of recent rains and light snow. Tires a person [...]
Before bed most evenings I like to read from real books because even more than a few minutes on the computer my eyes get very sore. The last few weeks I’ve been ordering some Foxfire books from our local library a few miles away and have to say I enjoy them very much. Last evening [...]
Well, the hammer finally sure did fall here the last couple of days, with wind chills around twenty below yesterday, brrr… Time for Minnesotan’s to toughen up once again. It’s hard to believe that in a couple of months when we get the same weather we’ll call it balmy, tee shirt weather. But until we [...]
I remember up until a few short years ago I had a rough time sleeping at night worrying about how the farm would keep going in the future. It seemed like no matter what a person did to keep up with the current trends in farming we were loosing ground. Not fast but slowly and [...]
A good Sunday today, even if the weather was a tad bit miserable this morning during feeding chores outside. The family is really charged up after attending church services this morning. The service this morning is more than worthy of a separate blog so I’ll have to do it sometime.
I’ve been blogging for around [...]