Most folks think that NY is little island thats covered with concrete. This just ain’t so. We live in an area that is about as backwoods as you can get. Most folks that make it out for a visit make some remark about us being “way out there”. We are about […]
The one and only Herrick Kimball has kindly offered to chip in another $30 to the pot! This now brings the prize up to $90 to spend. Thank you Herrick. Thanks also, to those who have helped spread the word on their own blogs and sites. I hope to put together some links […]
I was milking the other morning, following the same routine that follow every morning. Chick, a 4 year old jersey, was next in line. I got down on my knees and was about to hook the milker up when she lifted her rear leg closest to me and held out away from […]
Our dear friend, Pastor McConnell, has said that he will contribute another $30 to the Restoring The Home Economy Essay Contest. This brings the prize up to $60 to spend at one of the two stores listed. Many thanks to the Missouri Rev!
Christian agrarians talk a lot about the importance of restoring the home economy. This restoration, is of course multigenerational Preparing our children to continue the work is a top priority. With this in mind I am anouncing our first Homesteader Life Essay Contest for what Herrick calls the “Jr. Agrarians”
Heres the deal, […]
Charlie was my dads neighbor and friend, when dad was a young man farming in new county. Charlie was one of a kind, a devout Roman Catholic, who smoked a pipe and enjoyed a glass of Wild Irish Rose whiskey at the end of the day. He had draft horses, a team of […]
We have been reading a delightful book at lunch time as a family. Scratching the Woodchuck: Nature on an Amish Farm is a collection of short essays about a life lived closely with creation. David Kline has the ability to take you right to the very place he is writing about. We […]
God tells us in His Word that he gave us wine to “make light the heart of man”. The brewing of wine is time honored tradition for homesteaders, and one that is pretty easy to do. I found this recipie in Charles Sander’s book The Self-Reliant Homestead. Though its called a “whiskey” […]
Some crazy little hen hatched out 5 little ones on monday. She hatched them outside along the barn window in bellow zero weather. We didn’t even know that she was out there. Dad heard the peeping outside the barn window, so we went out and snatched them and the momma up and […]
Been savin’ up dimes
For a rainy day
Got about a dollar
Laid away
The winds from the south
And the fishin’s good
Got a pot belly stove
And a cord of wood
Momma turned the leftovers
Into Hash
We’re doing alright
For country trash
Found myself sing that song this morning while milking. Had to sing to keep my mind off my frozen fingers, it […]
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