Day 76 – 78 of 365 blogs I did not send these on each day because, well, just because. I was not doing anything of interest. Yesterday though Jim came and picked me up and we drove home together. We got to drive by Graceland and at least take pictures from the rode, stating that …
Elvis Memories, Why I get sick with Processed Food, March 18. 2022 Read More »
Day 75 of 365 Blogs A much better day. I was very careful in what I ate today. Thank you to everyone who make comments on the blog yesterday. I received a call from someone today inquiring if I was okay and wanting to know if she could help in any way. It does not …
Missy is in heat, Proper amount to eat, March 16, 2022 Read More »
Day 75 of 365 Blogs A much better day. I was very careful in what I ate today. Thank you to everyone who make comments on the blog yesterday. I received a call from someone today inquiring if I was okay and wanting to know if she could help in any way. It does not …
Well again, Kindness, Years worth of food, March 15, 2022 Read More »
Day 74 of 365 Blogs I love to travel. I love the new adventures. Seeing new things. Sleeping in nice hotels and eating out. But Monday was not a good day because eating out was not good for me. I don’t even know what it was because I ate the same thing my son ate, …
Day 72 and 73 of 365 Blogs We spent these last two days doing family things with a visiting family member. The days are a blur but I want to still write. Today we woke up to beautiful weather with sunshine and clear sky. I learned something hard this week. In the winter, cows can …
Day 71 of 365 Blogs As I sit and write this, Jim is less than one hour away. The snow was light and they came through just fine. Lunch is in the oven and bread is rising for a fresh loaf to be savored later this afternoon. Chores were easy today. I threw hay to …
Day 70 of 365 Blogs This was a busy day on paper and the reality was the same. One problem, for some reason I had a sleepless night from 2 AM on so that added to the challenge. I can’t even tell you why because I do not know why. After morning chores, I had …
Jim traveling in snow, Making bacon, My addiction to Sugar, March 10, 2022 Read More »
For those waiting for a video, you will have to wait a while longer. We did the filming but I can’t figure out how to edit it on Jim’s computer and mine no longer has the software. So when he gets back we, will put it together. I spend time watching the latest on the …
War, Freezer meals, food is important as breathing, march 9, 2022 Read More »
Day 68 of 365 BlogsAnother cold day. I kept the fire going today. I love to stand at the south barn door as the cows are eating in the barn and watch the land. I love to feel the breeze and watch the geese. I love to just stare at the strength of the land. …
Having Land, Failed Tortillas, Sugar as an addiction, March 8, 2022 Read More »
Day 67 of 365 BlogsWhen Jim is not here there is good and bad. I scurried around the house after I did the chores and did laundry and cleaned. That is the good. But the bad is that the house is quiet and dark right now. My best friend is not here. The animals and …
Loneliness, Meals, A Potato trick for Diabetics, March 7, 2022 Read More »
Day 66 of 365 blogs (Sunday, March 6, 2022) We were not speaking at any other congregations today so we actually got to attend our own. It was so good to see the people we are most familiar with and our church family. We felt very loved. We spent the day after church doing family …
Sunday Research, Addictions groups, Phytonutrient benefits, March 6, 2022 Read More »
Day 65 of 365 Blogs No yard work today. Jim will be leaving Monday for a week to help someone. I will be doing chores alone but without Missy here and the pigs gone it is all easy work. I am hoping to get some house painting done while he is gone. We will see. …
We sat on a bench this morning and surveyed what we will actually be able to do for a garden this year. The chickens are clearly a problem for the garden. We have not wanted to contain them but now we think we will put them in a fence in the pasture behind the cows …
Chickens vs Garden, Clearing backyard, March 4, 2022 Read More »
Day 63 of 365 blogs Jim dug 5 more holes yesterday to make corners for the fence posts for our pasture. Two of the holes were filled with rocks and three were full of beautiful soil. For now, that is all the hole digging that needs to take place. We do not have the tensil …
Digging holes, Planning Permaculture Orchard, Raw Milk, March 3, 2022 Read More »
Day 62 of 365 blogs I have discovered that on our homestead we can have a plan on paper and when we start executing it, we see things more clearly. Sometimes it does not work out on the land in real life and sometimes it works out better. We were putting in our new North …
More Fencing, Cold Frame Elderberries, Upcoming Webinar, March 2, 2022 Read More »
Day 61 of 365 blogs. We spend the day in the lower pasture. We took down all the T-posts and cattle panels that were in the pig pen. We marked off a new western parameter fence in the lower pasture where we will making paddocks for the cows. Jim completed mowing all the grass in …
Fencing the Lower Pasture, Eggs, Making Yogurt, March 1, 2022 Read More »
LDay 57 – 60 of 365 blogs ife is what happens when you try to plan. Obviously, I got behind on my daily blog. So let me end February with a compilation of day 57-60. We knew when last week began that it was going to be a difficult week. Our week involved processing one …
Pig Processing, Moving Our Milk Cow, Sausage Recipe, February, 25, 26, 27, 28, 2022 Read More »
Day 55 & 56 of 365 Blogs This was the day the pig just hangs in the cold but not freezing garage in two halves. If we hung it in the tac room it would have frozen. It was a snow day. We did not leave the house because we first had icy rain then …
Day 54 of my 365 blogs. Yesterday is kind of a blur which is why this did not get written yesterday. Let me do a quick recap. Chores in the morning, followed by a good breakfast. Completed filling all the cracks in the molding around the doorway going into the hall. That eyesore is finally …
Trimmed up, One pig done, Living in a Food Desert, February 22, 2022 Read More »
Some work is hard and tedious on the farm. That is okay, you get all done and stand back and admire your work. Well, what is harder than doing work the first time? Doing the same work over again. This is our beautiful woodpile for next year. We had it all covered and aging. It …
The woodpile fell, Where Missy will get bred, Pork, February 21, 2022 Read More »
Warm again. We are on a weather yoyo. Tomorrow will be 71 degrees and then next day 56 and then three days of snow and lows in the teens. We enjoy our Sundays because except for still having to do chores and milk we get to serve and learn. We are milking on Sunday now …
Cohabitating Pig and Chicken, Real Food meals fast, February, 20, 2022 Read More »
Following our morning chores, we hauled our borrowed trailer down to Springfield and picked up compost. Last year we did not try to get any until April and the city compost was all gone. It is half the price of anywhere else. This year, we are not ready for it but we now have it …
Compost, Cold Frame, Don’t go hungry, February 19, 2022 Read More »
Ice and snow one day and sunshine and grass turning green the next. We drove to Mountain Grove today to pick up our feed from #Peterson Feed. We have wonderful organic, non-soy grain that we can ferment for the chickens and finish off the pigs. It smells so fresh and good. We enjoyed the beautiful …
Best tomato, spring, and Caffeine, February 18,, 2022 Read More »
