After growing up in Bozeman and living here for 10 years, you would think I would have done a lot of cross country skiing. You’re wrong. Almost all of my time on skis has been on downhill skis and I have not spent much time cross country skiing which is…

As someone who loves outdoor adventures, I need a vehicle that allows me to get to the places I want to go. For me, this vehicle is a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. I’m very proud of my car and we have had some pretty epic adventures together. …

Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays here in Montana. Starting last year we added a new tradition to our Thanksgiving festivities — frying a turkey. There are many ways to fry a turkey, but one of the safest and easiest ways to fry a turkey is with an electric…

As many of you already know, we like to grow tomatoes. This year we had two different setups for our tomatoes. We had a group of tomatoes in our greenhouse, which were our main producers, and we had a group of outdoor tomatoes. The outdoor tomatoes were a bit of…

Over a year ago, we purchased six chickens off craigslist. They have been blessings to our lives ever since. Unfortunately we are down to four chickens due to illness and death. This is a sad reality of owning chickens or any animals. The loss of both of these chickens was…

We’re getting into the cattle business!! Well, sort of… If you’re an advocate of climate change, then you have probably heard of regenerative grazing. If you haven’t heard of regenerative grazing, it is the method of grazing cattle in a humane way that promotes the distribution of carbon into the…

If you’re anything like me, coffee is essential. Whether I’m at home sitting on the couch, at a coffee shop, or embracing the outdoors — there’s no excuse not to have a great cup of coffee. And who is to say that you aren’t able to? …

Just a few days ago, Northeast of Bozeman near the “M” trail, a wildfire broke out. At first the fire was small, but it quickly grew and started spreading up the mountain. Many firefighters, smokejumpers, planes, and helicopters were deployed to help put out the fire, but the fire continued…

As a chicken keeper, when one of your chickens gets sick it is absolutely terrifying. Concern for the chickens health and well being becomes the ultimate priority, and it becomes time to do what needs to be done to bring the chicken back to health. One day we opened our…