We had a very happy Fourth of July

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Fortunately, after several hours of miserable car repair to replace our serpentine belt on the car, Will got our car ready to roll. So, on the Fourth of July, we were able to make...

Making siding from scraps

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David rescued a truckload of ¾" boards from the burn pile at work. They were cuts off of full length cants prior to being run through the mill to make round logs for building...

Q and A: raising hogs, pinto beans, and pigs eating walnuts

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Raising hogs My husband and I are considering raising a couple of hogs. My question is about their feed and fencing. I saw that you and Will had used pallets for housing and fencing for...

Our turkey hens have new nest boxes

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Last year we had trouble with hatching turkey poults. Too many hens would try laying and sitting in the same nest box; eggs would get broken and the eggs would chill and no babies...

The canning has just begun

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We've been so busy canning this past week! Alisha and I have canned tons of blueberries, blueberry jam, chokecherry jelly, bronco cherry jelly, and more Provider beans. I've had to totally rearrange some of...