Walter Jeffries
Tinker, Tailor... I'm a bit eccentric & rather eclectic. My talented wife Holly drew our pictures.

“I always wanted to be a farm mom!” -Holly
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Got Glazed
Glazed Cherry Yesterday and this morning we woke up to a fresh glaze of ice on our world. Everything was sparkly. I’m very glad that this ice storm was not as bad as the ice storm of 1998 when we … Continue reading
Tree Fall
Tree Down There’s the old puzzle about, “If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there does it make a sound?” Well, the other morning we were working and heard a distant crash boom. “There,” I said, “I … Continue reading
Apple Blossoms
Old Apple Tree in Morning Light The settlers who came here from Europe, to land they had purchased but never seen, got 100 acre lots. Many of those acres were rather vertical making farming rather challenging for people used to … Continue reading
Firewood 2009-2010
2009 – 2010 Winter Firewood UsageIn the past I had measured our firewood usage in log units because in the old house that was the easy way to do it. In the cottage we have a neat 1/24th cord measure … Continue reading
Field Clearing – Grapple Skidder
Grapple Skidder in New Upper FieldWe are re-clearing about thirty acres of the old fields around the house area that had grown up to forest over the past 70 years. This is a process we started getting ready for at … Continue reading


