New chickens on the homestead get a new coop

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We had unexpected new chickens. My oldest son, Bill, called to say that his father-in-law had 12 heavy laying hens that he was given...

Harvest continues despite our drought

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From a too-rainy early summer, we've moved on to drought. It seems the weather gets stuck in one mode or another lately. So we...

Our seed saving continues

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We saved a huge, yellow pickling cucumber for seed before our garden froze out a couple of weeks ago. And yesterday I cut it...

Good news on my knee

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I waited (painfully) for several days to get my MRI and appointment to orthotics. But it was worth the wait. I had been babying...

Due to the cold spring, we’re behind in planting

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Behind, but daily getting more planted. We now have all of our tomatoes in the ground! Yea! Not all of them are mulched, staked,...