Day 70 of 365 Blogs This was a busy day on paper and the reality was the same. One problem, for some reason I had a sleepless night from 2 AM on so that added to the challenge. I can’t even tell you why because I do not know why. After morning chores, I had …
Jim traveling in snow, Making bacon, My addiction to Sugar, March 10, 2022 Read More »
For those waiting for a video, you will have to wait a while longer. We did the filming but I can’t figure out how to edit it on Jim’s computer and mine no longer has the software. So when he gets back we, will put it together. I spend time watching the latest on the …
War, Freezer meals, food is important as breathing, march 9, 2022 Read More »
Day 68 of 365 BlogsAnother cold day. I kept the fire going today. I love to stand at the south barn door as the cows are eating in the barn and watch the land. I love to feel the breeze and watch the geese. I love to just stare at the strength of the land. …
Having Land, Failed Tortillas, Sugar as an addiction, March 8, 2022 Read More »
Day 67 of 365 BlogsWhen Jim is not here there is good and bad. I scurried around the house after I did the chores and did laundry and cleaned. That is the good. But the bad is that the house is quiet and dark right now. My best friend is not here. The animals and …
Loneliness, Meals, A Potato trick for Diabetics, March 7, 2022 Read More »
Day 66 of 365 blogs (Sunday, March 6, 2022) We were not speaking at any other congregations today so we actually got to attend our own. It was so good to see the people we are most familiar with and our church family. We felt very loved. We spent the day after church doing family …
Sunday Research, Addictions groups, Phytonutrient benefits, March 6, 2022 Read More »
Day 65 of 365 Blogs No yard work today. Jim will be leaving Monday for a week to help someone. I will be doing chores alone but without Missy here and the pigs gone it is all easy work. I am hoping to get some house painting done while he is gone. We will see. …
We sat on a bench this morning and surveyed what we will actually be able to do for a garden this year. The chickens are clearly a problem for the garden. We have not wanted to contain them but now we think we will put them in a fence in the pasture behind the cows …
Chickens vs Garden, Clearing backyard, March 4, 2022 Read More »
Day 63 of 365 blogs Jim dug 5 more holes yesterday to make corners for the fence posts for our pasture. Two of the holes were filled with rocks and three were full of beautiful soil. For now, that is all the hole digging that needs to take place. We do not have the tensil …
Digging holes, Planning Permaculture Orchard, Raw Milk, March 3, 2022 Read More »
Day 62 of 365 blogs I have discovered that on our homestead we can have a plan on paper and when we start executing it, we see things more clearly. Sometimes it does not work out on the land in real life and sometimes it works out better. We were putting in our new North …
More Fencing, Cold Frame Elderberries, Upcoming Webinar, March 2, 2022 Read More »
Day 61 of 365 blogs. We spend the day in the lower pasture. We took down all the T-posts and cattle panels that were in the pig pen. We marked off a new western parameter fence in the lower pasture where we will making paddocks for the cows. Jim completed mowing all the grass in …
Fencing the Lower Pasture, Eggs, Making Yogurt, March 1, 2022 Read More »
LDay 57 – 60 of 365 blogs ife is what happens when you try to plan. Obviously, I got behind on my daily blog. So let me end February with a compilation of day 57-60. We knew when last week began that it was going to be a difficult week. Our week involved processing one …
Pig Processing, Moving Our Milk Cow, Sausage Recipe, February, 25, 26, 27, 28, 2022 Read More »
Day 55 & 56 of 365 Blogs This was the day the pig just hangs in the cold but not freezing garage in two halves. If we hung it in the tac room it would have frozen. It was a snow day. We did not leave the house because we first had icy rain then …
Day 54 of my 365 blogs. Yesterday is kind of a blur which is why this did not get written yesterday. Let me do a quick recap. Chores in the morning, followed by a good breakfast. Completed filling all the cracks in the molding around the doorway going into the hall. That eyesore is finally …
Trimmed up, One pig done, Living in a Food Desert, February 22, 2022 Read More »
