If you have never put up livestock fences, you are missing a lot… of hardships, that is. The kids and Jaime decided we had to have ponies, and a few cows for meat and, maybe, extra milk. So we set about planning out some fences to keep the animals in and varmints out…. » read more

Ok, maybe not of the gods, but close! I started planting today & only got half finished. I thought I’d breeze right through. I didn’t realize what a chore it would be, especially considering how big our garden is. We do have 9 mouths in this household, more at times, so we figured-the bigger the… » read more

Preface:  We got our first hens last year and quickly found out that at times, the hens will peck and eat the eggs they produce. After searching for an inexpensive method of alleviating this, without cutting off their beaks, we finally devised our own system of getting the eggs out of the reach of the… » read more

Jaime posted earlier about the 100 new baby chicks we just got in the past week. As with everything, the more you add the more you need. Our existing chicken houses just would not accomodate this many new birds, so a new one had to be built…. » read more

If you have poked your nose into a newspaper or followed the news on the television lately, then you probably are getting some ideas of your own that we, as a country, are headed for some very serious issues, and that they are quickly and quietly approaching. We, as a country, owe so many others… » read more

For the past few weeks or so, I have probably spent 15-20 hours researching methods of getting “off the grid”, and powering our own electricity needs via numerous sustainable methods. Of the various methods, there are hydro powered systems, numerous wind utilization methods, and, of course, solar collection methods. Now, while we actually do… » read more

When we moved here in December of 2007, I had an idea of what we wanted to do. i just had no idea what I was getting myself into. I guess it was around February I opened my big mouth & said, “You know, I would like to plant a garden!”. I never got around… » read more

We recently decided to purchase a swingset to convince our kids to try outside play instead of video games. We found one for a reasonable price, but it was out of stock in store so I ordered it online. Six hundred dollars & 3 weeks later, it arrived. I had read the reviews prior to… » read more

When we first moved to Kentucky, the only pet we had was Buster-my boston terrier. He was a stubborn lil guy who refused to be housebroken. About a month after we moved here, Will, Audrey & I were out with the younger kids & we ended up in a pet shop up in Elizebethtown. Although… » read more

Ever since we first got our shipment of Red Star hens and roosters, once they came of age, we have not been buying store bought chicken. I taught our eldest boy how to scald, pluck, and clean a chicken, and Cristian has since become fairly adept at plucking and cleaning chickens I must admit, however,… » read more

We wanted cats, to keep the snakes away. Our friend James brought us 4 kittens, all female, who became Geisha, Leah, Fluffy & Ninja. Fluffy & Ninja both got hit by cars. James brought us 2 more females who became Alice & Bella. The day before Valentines day, Geisha & Leah were, for want of… » read more