Thats a line my old buddy Ethan used to use everytime I found him under the pickup, or pitchin’ manure off a broken spreader, or getting something unstuck from 3 ft of mud. He always cracked me up, he was always in some kind of perdickerment and always faced it with a smile. […]
The Scene: I’m finishing up milking and John and Noah are squating down on the little concrete pad in front of the barn. They look very busy. I find them each with a peice of hay, stiring and stiring a big clump of chicken crap.
Dad: Whats ya doin’ boys?
Noah: Makin’ […]
Yesterday was a busy one. I did my ussuall everyday work(milking, feeding, chasing, barn chores) and also got a little more tilling done. I got the black plastic down and put 50 tomatoe transplants in and some of the peppers. The first batch of bush beans are in as well as beets […]
On October 18th 1991, Ahren Lea Imperial Elsie was born in Canada. She made her way to NY as a bred heifer and was purchased by my father and later given to me. Elsie was the matriarch of the Ter-Veiw herd, my pride and joy, and the finest cow I have ever had […]
Last night I was up visiting with a pair of elderly folks up on the next hill over. Fred is in his 80s and I’m not sure how old Betty is, as its not polite to ask a lady such things. They live alone on the old farm, its about 200 acres with […]
You have probably noticed that I have not had much time to write on the old blog. There is a good reason, I have been spending an anormous amount of time reading to the boys. What little time we have left after being full time farmer/homesteaders has been spent exploring the wonderful book […]
It Rained! It rained all night long, a good old slow soaking rain. Boy did we ever need it. The grass was getting mighty short but now the cows should have some regrowth pretty quick. The garden needed it to. I water the peas and spinich twice a day, but […]
This week there has been a bit of conversation going on in the “ABC” about how to define Christian Agrarianism. If I was asked to define Christian Agrarianism, it would be short and simple. When defending agrarianism to other beleivers we only need one resource, the original agrarian handbook….the Bible. What we […]
I’ve had the chance to read Herrick Kimball’s newest book, Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian.. First off, let me say that this book is well worth reading whether you are a seasoned agrarian or someone you wants to understand agrarianism. The essays in this book provide the reader with vivid, wonderful discriptions of […]
Welcome to the “new and improved” Homesteader Life. I’m proud to announce that we will now be hosted at and sponsored by christianagrarian.com. Mark and Gwen are top notch folks. Be sure to take a look at what they have to offer. Over the last few months things have been […]
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