Gardens are Growing
Even with cutting back, buying sales, and strategic meal planning and grocery shopping, many families are still seeing an increase in what they are spending on food and household supplies. … Continue Reading →
Month: March 2009
Gardening Roots
I use to think our garden spot was a big garden spot. However, after seeing some of the gardens around here and realizing the reality of what it actually takes … Continue Reading →
Boys and their Possum
You have to watch where you go around here. While you’re watching out for cow patties and turkey droppings, you should keep your eye out for the boy’s latest project … Continue Reading →
The Country Snowman
Before spring time arrives in full swing, I forgot to mention the great snowman the kids created a few weeks ago. They rolled the bottom ball, then the middle ball. They had … Continue Reading →
Shell-less egg
This was an unusual egg. It didn’t have a shell. No, we didn’t eat it.
Just a few farm tools for the pond
In an effort to repair his pond from the devastating effects that the 2007 drought caused, he has been tending his pond like a sick puppy (…like he would attend a sick puppy, … Continue Reading →
Turning an ugly lamp into a beauty
Here is another post to go into my new category, “Fixin’ up the Home Place”. Here’s my version of what a beauty is. My possum trapping son has his own … Continue Reading →
The Film Every Pro-lifer Must See
The Terri Schiavo Story To some the culture’s view of life in America’s is a battle to be fought or a cause to embrace, but to the Schindler family it … Continue Reading →
Look! No Horns!
Our Nubian milk goat’s horns fell off after about 3 1/2 weeks. Here’s the story about how and why we banded the goat’s horns: The Trouble with Goat Horns. Here’s a … Continue Reading →
When you give a 3 year old a paint brush
I added a new category to our blog: Fixin’ up the Home Place. I hope to post several do-it-yourself projects we have done and are doing. I have about a hundred … Continue Reading →