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