Spring is here; I’m starting my first seeds!

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Well, spring is officially here on our homestead, even though it was 6° F this morning. Because peppers and petunias take quite a while...

Spring has sprung

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After such a long winter, spring has finally arrived. Our temperatures have been between 35-45° F during the day, but going down to freezing...

I hope everyone had a great Independence Day

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After all, independence is what all of us self-reliant people are striving towards and that historical date hastened us down our paths, centuries ago....

Everything is big here!

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Everything in the garden is big this year. Our hay crop is abundant, the peppers in the hoop house are awesome, and the Hopi...

Yesterday we went from storing 300 gallons of water to 600!!

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Our friend Tom stopped by yesterday with a bag full of plumbing fittings and proceeded to hook our new water storage tank up, in...