Yes, I know I posted a homestead update just a couple of weeks ago but it seems like so much has happened since then! Summer Storms I didn’t mention in that last update, that we were supposed to be camping that weekend. Earlier in the week the forecast was for mid-90s all weekend. And with […]
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In review… September (and August) 2018
So much has happened in the last couple months. We went camping at the beginning of August like we do every year. This year it was a time of joyous celebration for seeing friends we don’t see often enough – and a few we haven’t seen for years. But sadly, it was also when my […]
Preserving the harvest
A week ago Friday, I suddenly had a spurt of ambition (it doesn’t happen often) and stopped at a couple of places to pick up produce before heading home after work. (I meant to write sooner, but we’ve been down-in-the-dumps, daughter-picked-up-a-stinkin’-virus sick. All of us. Finally on the mend.) First stop was to […]
30 Days of Gratitude – Day 24
I read a group of articles that was really good about how to be a “homesteader” … no matter what your current circumstances are. Do you live in a semi-rural environment but don’t have a lot of land? Live in the suburbs? or do you live in an apartment with no land at all? I […]