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With all the rain and wet weather, we decided we needed a little fun to go with it. We figured if we had a lake, why not build a boat? We took some black plastic barrels we had and set them under an old pallet. This provided a great base. Next we needed a […] Continue reading Home Made Raft: A No Python Adventure 
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 
One thing that our living in the country has taught us is to see things differently. When you live out on a farm, you begin to see life and humanity from a unique perspective because logistically speaking, you are your own community. Each farmstead has obstacles to overcome that society has already dealt with […] Continue reading Seeing things differently We get a lot of questions about where we got our name. I thought I would take some time today to answer the most common question we get, and that is: “what’s the secret slice?” The term ‘secret slice’ came about around the year 2009, before we moved back to Iowa for the last time. […] Continue reading What is the Secret Slice? |