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Dad’s Cookies
The past 3 days have been full of butt-kicking-hard work. I am sore in places I didn’t know I could be sore-like my thumb muscles. Who knew thumb muscles could be sore? This picture is at the end of...
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Lessons From An Oak Tree
We have an abundance of oak trees on our land. This week I have been freeing many that were still surrounded by junipers. As I have worked next to them, I have been thinking about how strong they are....
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Recovery
Another week of bulldozing and clearing is in the books. We achieved everything we set out for and more. The majority of our land clearing is done. Our proposed new driveway area is ready for culverts...
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4 Things That Set A Homesteader Apart On Christmas
Christmas in the country is beautiful. There is something about being so close to nature that makes the season sweeter for me. Naked trees, livestock hunkered down in the barn, fire in the fireplace...
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Cleaning Up
After our week off for Christmas holidays, we have returned to our giant clean up after the bulldozer. Bulldozers are amazing because they make such quick work of a huge project, but they leave a mess...
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The Little People’s Cave
Way before politics and mayhem, someone named a cave “The Little People’s Cave” simply because the ceiling is so low that only little people could be comfortable living in it. This cave happens to be...
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Morning Booster
As ya’ll know, I am big time into healthy eating. We believe that if you nurture your land, you nurture your food, you nurture your bodies. It’s a cycle, that sadly in America, is mostly full of leaky...
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Prep, Prep, Prep
Things seem to be moving right along, almost as if we are now caught in a giant wave called “House Building To-Do List” It’s sweeping by at a furious pace and Preston and I are surfing as best as we...
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Farmhouse Building Ramblings
Many wise people told us, going into this house building project, to hold on to our hats and boots, because things were fixing to get crazy. And they were completely right. The last couple months I...
View ArticleA Little While, A Long While
Three and a half years. I can’t hardly believe I am typing that. It’s been three and a half years since I have written anything here. You guys. That time has flown by and dragged by. We built a house....
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