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By Jaime Cross on March 8th, 2010

Well, it has been awhile since we have posted. I have been pretty busy with the kids & animals. We have another new addition. Our neighbor called & had found a puppy under her porch, so I offered to take it. I gave him to Ian & he named him Jack. (We had another Jack… » read more
Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 9:17 pm in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on February 4th, 2010
Not a whole lot going on, an employment change, and a few mishaps is about it. The company I worked fulltime for the past few years just shut down, so Steve Gerencser and I have decided to hang our own shingle out again. You can see the new business website at http://www.seo-shop.com.
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Posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 5:03 am in category Ruminations.
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By Jaime Cross on January 18th, 2010

Today we added more to our family of farm animals. We bought 2 new Nanny goats who kidded a couple of weeks back. We bought them & their babies. As soon as the babies are weaned, we will have milk! The man we got them from also has another nanny who will kid before long… » read more
Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 8:23 pm in category Homesteading.
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By Jaime Cross on January 7th, 2010

One of the many reason I loved Florida was NO SNOW. I grew up in Virginia, we didn’t get a lot of snow but we had our years. I was glad to get away from the cold winters & snow & ice. My 2 oldest children had seen snow before, while visiting their Dad &… » read more
Posted on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 5:45 pm in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on January 3rd, 2010
Ok, I had the bomb of a lifetime dropped on me last night. My brother Chris called to let me know he had JUST found out he has a 19 year old son. I am still in the “WOW” stage of comprehension.
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Posted on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at 1:31 pm in category Ruminations.
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By Jaime Cross on December 24th, 2009

Well, the Christmas season is upon us once again. I have been very busy, as has Will. We try to keep Christmas Eve as simple as possible. I made a bacon, egg & cheese casserole for dinner. While dinner was in the oven, we put up the tree. We always put it up Christmas Eve… » read more
Posted on Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 11:51 pm in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on November 25th, 2009

My younger brother Chris came to the farm this thanksgiving season and learned he will always be a city boy at heart. He did love some of the activities we have here at times such as getting new livestock and having to catch it to load it, chasing and catching chickens while singing the Rocky… » read more
Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 8:47 pm in category Ruminations.
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By Jaime Cross on November 25th, 2009

It has been a busy last few weeks here at the farm. We have been getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday & a visit from Chris, Will’s brother. Chris stayed from Fri Nov 20 until Sunday Nov 22. It was nice to see him, as we had not seen him in two years. Will put… » read more
Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 8:30 pm in category Homesteading.
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By Jaime Cross on October 28th, 2009

We have acquired 7 new piglets, 5 boars & 2 sows I believe. We got a good deal on them from a man we bought our last bunch from. We also sold on of our grown boars today. A neighbor stopped by to see if we had an adult male, as he has a sow… » read more
Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 7:09 pm in category Homesteading.
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By Jaime Cross on October 20th, 2009

Hi guys & gals. It has been awhile since I last posted. We have been pretty busy around here. First of all we are trying to get the house winterized & we are putting up a new barn for the horses. We also have 2 more horses & 8 more piglets being delivered sometime in… » read more
Posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 6:31 pm in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on August 24th, 2009
Sorry it has taken so long to post, we have been pretty busy around here as of late. Been harvesting parts of the garden, mowing several acres repeatedly, tending to our now wide range of animals, helping the kids with school work, and a plethora of other happenings.
In the news, my first stab at a… » read more
Posted on Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 3:47 am in category Homesteading.
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By Jaime Cross on August 8th, 2009

Today brought us another surprise. Cristian & Jason were out riding the ATV around the yard when Jason pointed something out to Cristian in the culvert. Cristian turned off the ATV & heard yapping & went to investigate. He found a little puppy down there & he doesn’t look very old. He brought him up… » read more
Posted on Saturday, August 8th, 2009 at 3:46 pm in category Homesteading.
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By Jaime Cross on August 3rd, 2009

Today is our youngest child’s first birthday. He has eaten a few things here & there, mostly baby food. Today he got his first taste of cake. We bought a bunch of cupcakes for him & our other children & set him loose. This is what we ended up with:
Happy birthday, Luke. We love you!
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Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on July 22nd, 2009

Well, the day came this past saturday when it was time to take one of our beautiful hogs, the one we named ‘Ham’ matter of fact, and convert him to preservable freezer stock. It was an interesting day to say the least, as this is the first hog I have personally butchered, so it was… » read more
Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 at 7:16 pm in category Homesteading.
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By Jaime Cross on July 13th, 2009

I mentioned in a previous post that 2 of our dogs (jack & brownie) got out of their pen & took off. It has been months & no glimpse of them. I like to browse through craigslist.org looking at the pet section. Much to my husband’s dismay, I found a lady who lives about 40… » read more
Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2009 at 2:33 pm in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on July 12th, 2009

Just a quick update to let you all know how we are doing and give you some new perspective on our little piglets that were.
We had 2 birthdays celebrated this weekend with a big party for both of em. Ian is turning 5 this week and little man Tommy just hit the terrible two’s, but he… » read more
Posted on Sunday, July 12th, 2009 at 7:55 pm in category Homesteading.
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By Jaime Cross on July 6th, 2009

In a previous post I mentioned we found out that our so-called white mare is really a stallion. He has since been renamed by our almost 5 year old, who insists on calling him Diego. As in “Go, Diego, Go”, one of his favorite cartoons. I guess it could be worse
This past Friday… » read more
Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 7:17 pm in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on June 29th, 2009
Well, our first stab at incubating is coming to fruition as of this morning. The first chicks started breaking out of their shells and all the kids just had to watch. The look on their little faces was comical at times, and inspired a feeling of pride at others.
Since the first pieces breaking off the… » read more
Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2009 at 10:08 am in category Homesteading.
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By William Cross on June 15th, 2009
Personally, I think this video should be on every agrarians blog, website, or whatever you have available. The word should be spread.
Big Ag surely is not going to tell people the truth about their products, so why not do it… » read more
Posted on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 11:44 pm in category Ruminations.
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By Jaime Cross on June 15th, 2009
It has been awhile since I made a post, so I figured I would make one with updates. Since the post about my garden, I am happy to say that most of the things I planted are growing well. So are the weeds. After my eye got hurt, I really couldn’t go out there for… » read more
Posted on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 12:56 pm in category Homesteading.
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