One hesitates to devolve to discussion of the weather, but it’s gone jungly here, temps bumping the 90s and air like wet feathers.  Speaking of which, we are making sure…View post

First night we had the pigs, it rained.  A fairly cold rain.  Since this was also the first night the pigs had ever spent outdoors, I worried they wouldn’t know…View post

First coffee.  Gray out there, and breezy.  No dew this morning, I recall the old-timers telling me that meant rain later on.  We could use it.  Helped my wife water…View post

It was so windy outside that the poor reporter who came to write this story wound up having to interview me inside the granary.  We each sat on a piece…View post

At my readings I make it a regular habit to establish the point that I am hardly a rural living expert.  At best, Coop is Back to the Land for…View post