Things have taken a big turn here on our little farm with me going back to work. In a lot of ways being back at work full time is blessing – hello electricity! But in other ways it is so…
Tag: life
Two weeks ago was the first time I was ready to throw in the towel on farming. I’ve been broken down before, as farming has a way of doing that to a person, but I had never been so fully committed…
The wonderful thing about homesteading is that right when you are in the depths of despair something beautiful happens. Right when I was throwing a pity party because I couldn’t live on a real farm, God delivered. Oh how I…
It was a foggy morning here on the farm. The ground is muddy, and the birds were singing in the trees. Robins have finally returned to this barren strip of land. The rhubarb is poking through the ground, there are…
Winter is still upon us. Short days filled with icy temperatures or puffy snow that makes driving dangerous, and the heating bills sky rocket. No gardening, no dirt, and hardly any sunshine. Just snow. For as far as the eye…