Homesteader Life

In todays sophisticated world of Agri-business the word word Farmer has become a dirty word. In these enlightened times we are now supposed to be called “producers”. Yes thats right, Milk producer, Corn producer, and so on and so forth. Now I for one am not ready to trade in my title of Farmer for […]

I suppose my hectic week finally caught up with me. I get up at 2:30 AM, and if I don’t…. Things just don’t get done. On the Lord’s Day it is even more important because I have to do the whole days work before 8:30 or so. We have to leave by 9:00 and the […]

While clicking links on Chad’s Blog , I came across this wonderful website. The Agrarian Fondation must be checked out by anyone who is interested in devoloping a distinctively Christian agrarian culture. I had no idea it even existed until yesterday. Their mission statement says it all.
The mission of The Agrarian Foundation is to change […]

“We must keep faith with these Americans, by ensuring that their dreams are not buried beneath dumped imports, or plowed under by transnational corporations with no allegiance to anything but their own bottom line. Family farmers are not begging for federal handouts. Proud, hearty stock, they have, for love of the land, weathered droughts, overcome […]

This is an interesting fruit that I had never heard of. I think I will try to grow some this year. This is what I have learned about them…….Ground cherries were recorded as early as 1837 in Pennsylvania. Fruits are ½ to ¾” in diameter and are encased in a papery husk […]

We had a busy weekend out here. We ended up staying at the “main house” down by the cow barn. Sat it was -20 when I got up. The milkhouse was frozen, the cow’s drinking cups were froze, a cow freshened, and an assortment of other problems lead to a very long day. It started […]

Well, its -10, the ground is covered with snow and all I can think of right now is flower gardens. There are few things that are as beautiful as a well kept flower bed. Before we moved to the hill country our farm always had huge perennial flower gardens. Sure, there is no real economic […]

The other day someone told John that he was handsome. John’s response was priceless. ” I’m not handsome, I’m a FARMER.” I just smiled. John dosen’t know that he is poor. He dose not know that the rest of the world feels sorry for us backwards country folks. John […]

I really pray that the church moves back to an optimistic eschatology. The fruits of years of premill and amill views are started to show, and its not pretty. This year I am planning on planting some maple trees on the homestead. When Christians hear this, instead of praising my foresight, they ask why I […]

Well, as I type this post I can just see the steam rolling off the evaporator, the smell of sweet maple sap boiling away. Doing maple syrup is my favorite job. It is such a wonderful process and my favorite time of the year! Tonite I’m thinking about what we’ll need to get for the […]