Animals, Homesteading, Sustainable Farming
OK, I know that I am on the verge of sounding like a creepy, bragging grandmother (creepy because we aren’t talking about children here – you know the type…) but our pigs just seem to have a knack for getting into the headlines of this blog. Wednesday morning, just...
Beef Recipes, Grass Fed Beef
In my younger days I could have been considered to be quite an adventurous soul and when the opportunity presented itself to travel to England with Don Williams I knew, of course, that I would have to learn to drive on the wrong side of the road, in the wrong side of...
Animals, Farm News, Homesteading, Sustainable Farming
For 20 years I have gradually coasted down that slippery slope from homesteading to full time farming and through all those stages I have never had single pig wallowing in my muck. Oh how times have changed! Brayden decided that he would like try his hand at raising...
Farm News, Homesteading, Simple Living
I believe that being too busy to lay in the hammock or to drink my coffee in the garden should be considered as close to sinful as did the Desert Fathers of long ago. They believed that sloth was not so much a condition of laziness but more a failure to see God in...
Homesteading, Organic Gardening
Note: This post was originally published last year, but it bears repeating since peas can be planted for spring and fall harvest. When it comes to fresh-from-the-garden vegetables that cause you swear off grocery store knock-offs, peas are at the top of the list....
Homesteading, Seasonal Living, Sustainable Farming
Spring is coming faster than I ever remember and it is time to begin all the wonderful pre-summer chores. If you haven’t already ordered your trees, berries and plants this is the time. Unfortunately you might find that many of your selections will be sold out...
Animals, Farm News, Free Range Chicken, Homesteading, Sustainable Farming
Working the chicken yard. When we first moved to Rockfield, Ky we weren’t very familiar with the huge host of predators that were lurking in the woods, above and below the trees, who assumed we brought the chickens to Rockfield for evening upon evening of...
