The harvest is almost done. The garden is cleared. The weather is starting to shift, which means it is soup and holiday sweets season. I’ve collected some soup mix tips along with holiday …
Wow, we did it. We took the first step into a new chapter of our lives. It was a bold step, taken tentatively and tenderly. We are not sure where this road is heading, but at least we are still all …
My oven has been on the fritz these past few months. It seemed to take forever to preheat or even get hot enough to bake. I figured it must be a bad heating element. In my attempts at a simple …
Recently, I’ve been holding back about life on our farm. My kids will be shocked. They swear everyone lived their childhoods along with them. This story has been in the works every day since …
Labor Day marks the end of the Minnesota State Fair and the beginning of a new school year. With that in mind, I thought I would share some warm, healthy breakfast recipes. There is nothing here deep …
Quick, what is your phone number? The vet’s? The tractor repair shop? The coop feed store? Your kids? No fair looking on your cell phone’s list of contacts or favorites. I‘ll admit …
My niece recently posted a story about getting ready to camp in the “wilderness” with family and friends. She was showing pictures of what she was making to share around the campfire. …
I have officially reached the age of lists. There are so many things swirling around in my head, from the new milk amounts for the calves being weaned to the latest round of numbers from balancing …
With decades of farm stories filed away in our memories, you would think we’ve seen just about everything. Apparently not. During the first cutting of alfalfa, we were struggling to keep …
You know it is summertime when your kitchen is overflowing with fresh strawberries, rhubarb and hungry kids on summer day schedules. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done. I have …
This has been a spring planting season for the books. So many changes. New directions. New ideas. New-used equipment. New crops. My head is spinning at the fact that we were able to get everything in …
School will be out for summer by the end of the month, and I’m sure you’re already starting to think of different ways to keep your kids entertained and engaged. I found a bunch of old …
I slipped down home to Illinois before the Easter/spring planting rush to host a dual bridal shower for my two nieces. As I was counting up the number of trips I’ll be making this year for …
It appeared everything was falling in place as I checked off my to-do list at a blistering pace. The relief milkers were ready to handle all the cattle chores. Check. Our neighbor boy was eager to …
“Prepare. The end of the world is coming.” We’ve heard the doomsday news cried out over the centuries. Remember 12/31/1999? Yet, we are still plugging away, and the earth is still …
I saw something the other day that made me giggle. “Welcome to adulthood, where you will have to decide every night what to make for supper.” I used to never think twice about what …
Like age, cold is just a number. It does not matter what the actual temperature is but more of how it feels. Without looking at a thermometer, there are telling signs of just how cold it is outside. …
January 2025 is finally football playoff season for Minnesota Vikings fans. I grew up in Illinois cheering for the Purple People Eaters of the 70s. It seemed like the Vikings were always in the Super …
We are running out of room in our “inn” this holiday season. Forget an Advent calendar counting down the days to Christmas — it seems every day there is a new gift delivered, …
I’m always on the lookout for special Christmas gifts throughout the year. I’ll stash my treasures in a secret closet away from snooping kids or in one of my freezers. I have bags of …