Old Yeller rides again!!!
After more than two months of hard, sometimes frustrating work, Will finally got the last bolt fastened on Old Yeller, climbed up onto the seat, and started it up. After a head re-build, our...
We’re making use of today’s warmer weather
While Will's watering the cows and cutting more lumber on the sawmill for David and Ashley's cabin, I'm busy putting screens and plastic tubes around the last of our fruit trees. Without protection, the...
Work on the new pasture continues
As the spring weather continues to be warm and very dry, we've been working hard on clearing and preparing the new pasture for seeding. It was a terrible tangle of old logging debris, low...
Q and A: dehydrating fruits and veggies, canning pepper rings, canning ground beef
Dehydrating fruits and veggies
I will be retiring soon from the Navy and my family and I have just started our homesteading journey with five acres, a cabin, and lots of work ahead of us....
April fool on us; we got a foot of snow
Just two days ago, we were putting our bulldozer back together. Will found a few other things that needed fixing, and was doing that before the radiator went back on. The hydraulic tank had...