I spent a lot of time outside with all the animals on the property on Saturday. I walked, I sat, I took pictures, I prayed, I thanked them all for the various roles they play in our lives. I sat with Tom the Turkey for a very long time as…
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What it all boils down to is that I didn’t expect to like them so much. But hold on, let me back up a bit. For years I’ve fantasized about raising our own turkey to eat for Thanksgiving Dinner. I don’t know where this idea came from, or why I…
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Well, after all the hype (and hope), we didn’t get much snow out of the storm last night. It sure was pretty when the sun came out this morning, though! However, there was just enough snow on the ground to freak out the chickens and make the dogs act like…
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Or maybe it’s chop water, carry wood? When the nights dip low enough to leave a nice thick layer of ice on the goat’s water and you have to jab at it with the nearest, sharpest object… And the forecast calls for even lower temps and the potential for rain…
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Sometimes I wonder if we’re doing the right thing living all the way out in the middle of no where, trying our hands at this whole homesteading thing. Then, things like this spontaneously happen while I’m busy doing chores and I think, “Yep, this is exactly where we’re supposed to…
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Well, if you’re paying attention, you learn something new everyday. For example, last night we learned what a goat in heat sounds like. Yep, you read that right. And so now we are officially tracking Mama Mello’s cycles with the intention of breeding her in December so that we can…
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If you’re keeping track, you might have noticed that I skipped my monthly reflection for August…and you might even notice that my reflection for September is a full two weeks late… Geez… Yeah, the past few months have been a whirlwind of work, property and animal upkeep, and…oh yeah! the…
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The mice are moving into and taking over the chicken coop, but so are the (baby) bull snakes. The hose that feeds the water to the chicken coop busted, spewing water all over the place, but it’s almost time to remove it anyway and unhook it from the spigots due…