We’ve been working hard on the schoolhouse project since March and a lot of progress was made since the last blog post. It’s really cool to see the space be transformed and get closer to what we want it to become. We are aiming to have all the...
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TURN ON YOUR SOUND FOR THIS ONE! Have you ever been in a swarm of honey bees? It’s an amazing feeling. There is this large vibration in the air. Tons of bees talking, buzzing, Running into you, and your veil! There is a smell of warm honey...
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How apple trees and goats are connected We always bury our goats under the apple trees. The tree gets nourished by the goat body. The grass always grows really well there. Then the goats get to eat the apples and the grass. Then the goats make...
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“Firewood warms you twice, once when you cut it and again when you burn it.” some lumberjack The start of our woodstove At the end of this summer, we got a wood stove for heating the house. It has been a learning adventure. There is a...
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The Sunday before thanksgiving is our last processing day. Its the day that officially ends our poultry growing season. Here is how we do it. We gather all the birds the night before. We go into the coup with a red light and catch everyone and...
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Some months later… This blog has not become what I’d expected since we moved to our new homestead. It has been a little desolate these last few months. As I’ve confessed before, it’s such a daunting thing to wrap my head...
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“You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. We are slowly plugging away at all the to-dos on the property; readying homes for goats, chickens, ducks, bees, fish and...
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someone turned 8 since the last post. When I take long breaks from the blog I get nervous about what to say next. Like, it’d better be important, meaty and enthralling or the people of the e-verse will wonder why I’d bothered...
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Winner of the book giveaway, comment #34: MamaWestWind said… Awesome! We love these books and have a couple more to collect yet. Thanks so much! Thanks everyone for entering! I encourage you all to run off and read some of Reg...
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It’s easy to get caught up in the house right now. So much to do–the list keeps growing, and our wallet keeps thinning…anyway, I need a little break from that. So, I’ll share a bit about the outside–which is what...
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If you haven’t watched every season of Friday Night Lights I suggest you do. Now. I’m not sure why a drama about a high school football team hit so close to home for me, but you just can’t help but root for the team, for the...
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Thanks for all the supportive comments on the last post, and the emails and messages and hugs. It means so much to us. We took a short long trip. In other words, we drove far and didn’t stay long enough. My family comes from NW Pennsylvania...
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