Pontoon

Nothing says country on the lake better than a pontoon boat. Ours is our little house on Squam, and we’re quite enamored with it. We started our boat family with a sailboat, a used O’Day sailor that had lovely classic … Continue Reading →

12 Ways to Use a Tractor

In the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas, here are 12 ways to use a tractor. We have two orange Kubotas on the farm campus (sorry John Deere), and they’re used a lot. Fittingly, the first way to use … Continue Reading →

Keeping Cool

Summer has arrived! Tomatoes are ripening in the growing tunnel at Booty Family Farm, we’re swimming in squash and beans, the baby chicks are teenagers, Elsa’s flowers are in the farm stand, the sheep are knee deep in grass, and … Continue Reading →

Shingling

Country living involves a lot of DIY projects. In the last two days, Todd cleaned out drain lines with a snake (picture a gushing waterfall at our washing machine hose connection); added antifreeze to the tanks in our sweet little … Continue Reading →

Icing

Have you ever heard a refrigerator referred to as an icebox? (It’s a grandma thing.) We have friends who live “off the grid,” independent of public utilities — solar panels for electricity, heating exclusively with wood, and cooling the old … Continue Reading →