Well, fall is officially here, but, boy is the weather keeping us on our toes! It's going to be a scramble to get set up and the...

This is our barn before the microburst, if I can get my computer to cooperate I'll post video of it after the storm. I didn't take any...

Today was just one of those gorgeous late spring days; 65 degrees, light breeze, sunny. After 2 inches of rain, thunderstorms, and...

Well, the trees are fully in leaf since about 10 days ago when the black walnuts finally unfurled their leaves. The garden is about 1/4...

Spring is rapidly drawing to a close. We have passed our final frost (possible) date last weekend having gotten a two week head start on...

It was 41 degrees when I got up yesterday, by the time we got home from church it was 56 degrees and pretty chilly with a brisk wind, by...

Welcome Back. No, not you... you never left. Welcome back to me :) It has been a long fall and winter season and I have not been on the...

In today's world so many things that could be repaired end up being thrown away. Usually because it's "easier" and "cheaper" to toss...

Now, I hate to do it, but it always seems to happen. When my two oldest kids are home from college, we try to think of fun family things...

It has been a rapid shift for sure this year and after picking the very last greens and finding a few potatoes I had missed...SNOW! Now...

Well, If you blinked you missed it. The leaves just weren't changing and many were just turning brown and falling off the trees through...

It is the time of year when my laying hens molt out their old feathers. The hen above, Hannah Abbott, usually is a full feathered poofy...

So what happens when a wheelbarrow flips over onto your foot with a full load of firewood effectively trapping your foot under the whole...

November is just a mud puddle away now and summer a swiftly fading memory. When I open the door in the predawn there are no crickets,...

I wish I could multiply myself (though honestly, what mom hasn't?) in spring and fall in particularly. There are just so many jobs that...

We had given up on Tasha, she is one of AGH gilts and we had put her in with a boar in the hopes of a fall litter of piglets, but they...

It is tough to say but there are times we need a break. No farm can survive without the life giving blessing of rain. Here in NW PA we...

It has been a awhile since I posted on any of my websites. i apologize. This is the first year that I have committed to blogging over...

I love berries. Perhaps because a really good berry at the peak of sweetness and flavor, is such an ephemeral thing. Berries are...

This past week we joined up with our neighbors to host a yard sale. We ran it at their farm since the parking was easiest at their place...