So I finally have material for this blog! The bad news is that I barely have the time to write about it! For example, today I headed to work at 7:30, got home at 6, worked in the garden till 8, made and ate dinner. Now it’s 9:10 and I feel thoroughly ready for bed.
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Home Sweet Home
Posted in Finding our place, Gardening, Homesteading on June 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sound advice
Posted in Homesteading, Sheep on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Through his job, EZ has the privilege of working with and getting to know many ranchers and farmers all over the state. There is one in particular, who runs sheep, with whom he has made friends. Last week, EZ went to do some field work at his place and as they worked, the rancher gave [...]
What I’ve been learning and doing lately…
Posted in Food Preservation, Gardening, Homesteading on August 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
EZ and I were up near Flathead Lake a few weeks ago. While there, we bought 26 lbs of Flathead Cherries and 5 lbs of Ranier Cherries. We ate a lot of them. Gave away some. Froze 10+ lbs. The rest became my first experience in canning. Honestly, it was scarier than it was difficult. [...]
How does your teeny tiny garden grow?
Posted in Gardening, Homesteading on July 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
So, one thing about this whole homestead plan… The reason our plans are so squishy and undefined: we know next-to-nothing about all this homesteady-type-stuff. There, I said it. I’m a little afraid I’ll be lambasted as naive or fickle or whatnot (right when somebody actually reads this stuff!), just as we’re all a little afraid to [...]
