February in the month of burnout, isn’t it? The weather here is getting old. It’s cold, we’re pretty sick of snow and ice, and we’re all ready for some warm sunshine. We’ve hit a wall of homeschool doldrums, so while the basics are...
Yesterday was….pigalicious. And that doesn’t mean we got to eat a great deal of pork. For the most part, raising pigs is a fun and exciting, albeit strenuous, good time. Yesterday, not so much. We were scheduled to take our biggest hog in to be butchered,...
When we ventured into beekeeping last spring, my biggest fear was losing the bees during a hard Indiana winter. This winter hasn’t been particularly rough, but we have had a good number of deep freezes. Enough to worry a newbie beekeeper, anyway!...
It was a little windy today! But the chickens were thrilled to get out to forage in the warm sunshine. It was pretty entertaining to watch them fight the fierce winds.
Remember when there were leaves on the trees and the soil was warm? These February days seem to drag on, the warm sunshine a distant memory. One of my favorite things about living closer to the land is that winter seems to have more purpose. We need a break for the...
