The coldest part of winter has arrived. It’s been in the teens during the day and 0°F or below at night. I fill two one-gallon jugs with hot water, warm up any spoiled milk there might be in the fridge, and grab a container for corn before heading to the…
I joined in on the Self Reliance Challenge last year and enjoyed the small amount of time I participated. A bit of thought went into it before I made the commitment for 2019. I haven’t had time to write here but January looks a lot slower. Please leave a comment…
Late Summer Mornings There’s something about late summer mornings that revives my tired soul. You know that feeling. The one where you’ve worked your ass off all spring and summer and here it is late August and the to do list is longer than the done list. That feeling. The…
Self-Reliance Challenge – Intro & Info So, here we go! May 1, time to start the self-reliance challenge. I haven’t written in an intro since I first started the blog. I’m Robin. I’m married to Steve and we’re parents to two grown women, Kristin and Taylor. We’re empty nesters now…
Hands Seeds Soil. Add 48° (sorry, I know… it was February and 48°, it was glorious), sun, a slight breeze and water. Glorious. I cleaned out a few raised beds in the high tunnel; weeds that could grow in a Siberian winter, broccoli I hoped would recover, and carrots that…
I haven’t talked about “fresh food daily” much this year. After losing the veggies in the high tunnel to an open door during a blizzard, there hasn’t been much for fresh food. We do have eggs daily thanks to pullets that I still haven’t identified (should do that today), and…
Sunrise 6:16 am, sunset 5:11 pm. Days are noticeably longer, something that makes me smile even when it’s overcast. It isn’t pitch black, but close, when I wake. These longer days make me feel like we just might survive another winter. It’s coyote mating season. On the move with a…
It’s been a while, eh? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and planning and replanning and ducking the curve balls of life. Winter has been odd, thank you very much, climate change. Unusually cold and snow, and warm and rainy, and cold and rainy, and warm and snowy. We…
January 5 2018 Let’s do the awwwww first. All together now – awwwwwwww! If you’re new to my blog or are a little behind, this is a motherless whitetail fawn, a beautiful little doe. She’s been without a mother since November. Eggs! We’ve had chickens for 2o years but I…
Sappy New Year! So…It’s not really a secret that I can be a big sap but I don’t show that very often. It’s usually about kids or animals that my sap starts showing. I’m going to be a bit sappy for a minute. January 1 2018 – a fresh start.…