Finally got around to making a batch of soap. It is my second batch, and I am still a bit intimidated by the lye. I was also terrified of ...

In my post A conversation on ecological sustainability , I made these statements: "I no longer believe that over-population is the domi...

Boy did we get a winter snowstorm yesterday. It was hard to tell how much snow actually fell because the wind blew fiercely for 24 hours, f...

Well, I'm posting my responses back up as a new blog again because I would like to keep this conversation going. We had to take a few d...

Wow, what a great discussion, thank you all for your honest thoughts and feelings, and your consideration of alternate views. We have regret...

ChicagoMike wrote a comment to the last post What we grow, and a slight digression , and it deserved a longer response than I could fit into...

They have finally arrived! Penelope went into labor Tuesday morning, and delivered two healthy male kids. Her teats filled up with milk earl...

Lisa L. asked if we could share what all we are growing in 2009. These are the food crops we are planting in the garden. We are also plantin...

Eating seasonally in the North is quite easy in the late-summer, fall and early-winter because of the variety of foods available. Late Cole ...

I have been staying pretty close to home, watching the goats for signs of labor. I don't want to be away when they kid, with such cold t...