T-Pole Clothesline Project
One of the first projects I had Miguel work on was the one that I started and was having trouble with. Turns out, I guess I was doing it right, or mostly right. I followed the directions that I found...
View ArticleFarm Plans
Last week Hubs cleared a path around the 3/4 mile perimeter of our property with the tractor. The property gets pretty wild pretty quickly, so keeping up with it is going to be a constant endeavor....
View ArticleEveryone Needs A Miguel.
The sun streaming through the trees on a foggy morning last week For the past two weeks, we’ve had an extra guest here at the Hacienda. My farmer friend Miguel has been staying with us during the week...
View ArticleGarden
It started out before we moved here. We talked about how we were going to do the homestead garden, what was it going to look like, how would it be laid out. Once we got here, we picked a place, talked...
View Article2010 In Review
This past year has possibly been one of the busiest I’ve ever had. Between getting married, starting teaching canning and soap-making classes, closing on the construction loan, building a new house,...
View ArticleFarm Update
Still no calf. Every day we go out in the morning hoping to see two instead of one, but we’ve woken up every day to nothing new. We’re supposed to get a cold snap early next week, I’m guessing Sunday...
View Article2011 – In Review
First, the Internet is a wonderful thing. Every year, since 2003, I create a CD that was a compilation of my favorite music of that year, things that I listened to obsessively, songs that plucked my...
View Article2012 – In Review
Looking back, so much has happened this year and not much of it did I plan for and expect (I suppose that’s mostly how life goes though.) I always try to push and grow and stretch myself and this year...
View Article2013 – In Review
Much of this year has been spent rebuilding slowly from the inside out, trying to replace bad habits with better ones and reconnecting with myself. Aside from the trip up north to see my sister for the...
View Article2014 – In Review
This year has had ups and downs to be sure. It started off pretty uncertain, swung it’s way into awesomeness, but the last couple months of the year left something to be desired. It’s been a busy one,...
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