Homesteader Life

Rick Saenz is Opting out of the Walmart culture. Heres a taste…….
“Today I took the first step in implementing a similar decision by going to a new grocery store. We’ve decided for various reasons to stop taking money from our pocket and putting it into Wal-Mart’s pocket. Again, our intention is not to send any […]

Well, we got the boys their first puppy today! Here are a couple pictures of John and me with her. Any suggestions for names?

I liked this quote by RC Sproul Jr.
“I may be guilty of affirming the obvious, but nevertheless it’s true. We who embrace the Reformed faith are known among other evangelicals for three things. First, we like to talk about predestination. Dispensationalists talk about Daniel and Revelation. Charismatics talk about Pentecost, and Reformed people […]

My favorite quotes from “Little John” last week.

After a calf nocked him down several times he told her….”If you don’t stop it, I’m gonna shoot you and eat you for my supper!”
He was sitting on the couch with a toy phone. I asked him what he was doing. He says, “I’m gonna call Doug Wilson.”
At […]

There are a lot of reasons to start your own homestead. Give your kids a place to learn responsibility and a good work ethic. Learn to depend more on God, and marvel at his creation. The other reason usually gets me funny looks. This is where most of my friends shake their heads and say, […]

Just a quick post, I haven’t much time. I really liked what I read on Chad’s Blog today. This is something to read and think about. Check out What’s Wrong With Cities?

Petting Zoos,Kids,and Soap

Its national news, kids getting sick from petting animals. Are animals dirtier than they used to be? Nope. This is a perfect example of our wacky culture killing us off! Now, I’ve grown up around animals, dirt, manure, and many other natural pathogens. Do I get sick? Nope. Why? Simple…..I didn’t grow up […]

One of the characteristics of our modern industrial culture is the separation of work and home. I think this has caused some real problems. As Wendell Berry points out, people used to work where they lived. Farmers lived on their farms, shopkeepers lived above the store and so on. What you did during the day […]

Not to much new going on out here. The weather is warming up a bit, it hit 40 today. I’m ready for spring and so are the cows. The best part about farming is being able to spend time with my
Boys. Today Little John spent some time in the barn with papa. We put down […]

When we rented the farm in Spencerport my friends and I made alot of syurp. If you follow a dirt lane over one half a mile back into the woods you will still find our cabin and our sugar house. What you won’t find is any maple trees. We built the cabin […]