Spencer is learning to bring in firewood

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Our new black lab pup, Spencer, is the smartest dog I've ever raised.  He learned to sit at six weeks of age, and was...

Like everyone we’re trying to get ready for Christmas on our homestead

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Like most homesteaders we know, we struggle with cash this time of the year. Grain prices have been horrible. Hay, which we buy from...

Frosty mornings make you think of splitting firewood

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There was so much frost on the vehicles this morning when David left for school that he came in and grabbed the digital camera...

Disturbing National Animal Identification talk now spreading to vegetables in your garden

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Because of lots of public outcry, the NAIS, a government "wonderchild," sponsored largely by large agribusiness type animal/poultry growers, apparently shriveled and came to...

Oh those green beans!!

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I suppose one always has those "favorite" garden vegetables to can. One at the top my list is green beans. They are so...