Sometimes not all the challenges in life come from the farm. Both my mother and Elisa’s mother are experiencing extremely poor health. As my mother is 900 miles away i took this opportunity to drive up and see her for what will likely be the last time. While the trip was somber in light of …
As our cabin planning progressed we quickly learned the size of the trailers which are needed to bring our cabin to the mountain. Very quickly it became apparent that this would be more than Pokey would be able to grade in a reasonable number of lifetimes so we called in reinforcements. On April 3 the …
With Elisa’s pending retirement her schedule was a bit overwhelmed. That, along with no heat in the trailer, made this weekend a trip for me rather than her. Late March is still very early for spring in the mountains. That means less mowing and time for other tasks. One of those tasks includes preparing wood …
With our every other weekend trips to the farm in hand, the first weekend in March proved to be very cold! The weather was so cold even Bun came inside to spend the night!! We came to the conclusion that Bun will only come inside if the temperature is in the low teens or colder. …
We did the same routine as we did in January. Al came up the night before to prepare water and plug in all the pipes, etc. I showed up the next morning. It had been raining with what seemed like forever. Maxx enjoyed the slippery driveway arriving at the farm. Fun but, a little scary …