by Nancy Meissner | Nancy's Journal, Off Grid Garden
Root crops are some of the absolute easiest to grow! As I plan out my garden crops each spring, one variety of vegetables that just has to make it onto my list is beets. Homegrown beets are very delicious—but sometimes beets are overlooked, especially if you haven’t...
by Nancy Meissner | Nancy's Journal
It seems like it takes forever for the winter snow to melt from our garden. As I look at the snow-covered plot in the early spring, it almost feels like our garden is a blank canvas, waiting patiently for the artist to come, pick up a brush, and start adding splashes...
by Nancy Meissner | Off Grid Misc
NOTE FROM NICK: My family has SO much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. It has been a tragic year for us. But its also been a year of miraculous preservation and recovery. As my Mom describes in today's post, my Dad's life hung by a thread after a terrible car...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Misc
I’ve been handling snow removal on 1 to 3-mile roads in a heavy snow area for many years. It’s almost second nature now, but it wasn’t always that way. I didn’t grow up in snow country and can remember a time when dealing with northern winters was a huge question...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Misc
I want to share with you a few old words of wisdom that prompted me to make this decision. It's a quick excerpt from an old book on agriculture that was given to me. However, this was the inspiration that caused me to sit back and say, 'I quit'. Some Wise Words......
