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On Sunday we were glad to welcome a new addition to the farm. We knew Number 3 was going to have her calf soon. She had been showing signs for almost two weeks. When we got home from church there she was with her brand new bull calf.
As you can see, the […] Continue reading New Arrivals 
It is so wonderful to be a parent. We love raising our kids and celebrating their special days. Today Jebediah turns three. To celebrate, Papa made chocolate chip pancakes, and Mama stuck colored candles into them.
Every day is a special day with these great kiddos, but today we […] Continue reading Birthday Party Breakfast 
This year we are very excited to try a new technique with our garden beds. We have been doing a lot of reading lately on different methods to maximize our garden fertility and keep out weeds, while saving us time and effort. This year we are putting down a thick layer of mulch on […] Continue reading Mulch Makes it Better 
“Many people in the world have the luxury of having someone breathe down their neck. Homesteaders do not.” That may sound like a funny statement, but it is true. People who choose the homesteading life have no one to blame for their own personal failures but themselves. This sometimes is a hard pill to swallow when […] Continue reading On Self-Direction 
If I could only have one book to reference for homesteading, It would be The Self Sufficient Life And How To Live It by John Seymour. You might say that this book was a huge influence in bringing us back to the land of black dirt where we grew up. The first copy of this […] Continue reading The Self-Sufficient Life And How To Live It |
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