When the granddaughters are 14 they make a project with me. Lauren made a wood strip canoe in 2018 – see my Great Summer post. Olivia opted for a paddle
When the granddaughters are 14 they make a project with me. Lauren made a wood strip canoe in 2018 – see my Great Summer post. Olivia opted for a paddle
Last summer I got glimpses of an Oriole. I looked for the nest but never found it. This spring we have been seeing and hearing an Oriole. What a fantastic
Saturday morning Dec 29, 2019 I harvested a buck with my bow. As I look back on Bow Hunting this year there are a lot of things that made it
On Sept 11, 2019 I extracted 92 lbs. of honey from our hives. (See my Things are buzzing post from 2017) Here are pictures of me pouring into jars and
Around 8 years ago I planted milkweed – see the Olivia’s Fence post. It was probably 4 years before we saw the first Monarch. Today we were on a walk
We got baby chicks May 1st. Got our first egg Christmas morning. Here are pictures of the rooster and a hen this morning and their coop. I was concerned about
Here is our wood for the winter. The stack is 2 logs wide, 64 feet long and over 4 feet tall. I figure 8+ cords. That will give us heat
I went to cut a cedar tree this morning to make a wreath and found this right on the other side of the pond. Within 200 feet of the house.
I have had people ask me why I plant trees as often as I do. Over twenty years ago I planted two English Walnut trees (one of them is the
The granddaughters each do a project when they visit in the summer. The post Olivia’s fence was one of them. This summer Olivia made a chair. She hammered 90% of