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May Days
Well, it’s May! The time has suddenly gone from a slow crawl to the speed of the start of a race. I can only imagine that it will get much more intense in the coming weeks and months. Once again, I’ve tried writing many times, only to end up with nothing published. I start a post, but then need to update it, only to be interrupted partway through. So, I’ll do my best to keep this brief. First, we’re getting rid of the internet. We unplugged over the weekend, and I’m only going to be using it maybe once a week when I head into town and have access to…
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Community Planning
Lately the topic of community has come up a lot… I’ve heard about it a lot from other homesteaders, from family and friends, and a whole bunch of other sources. It seems to be on everyone’s mind. I’ve discussed a bit about community when it comes to having emergency plans, but I’d like to dig into the value of community planning a little more today. By this point in time, it comes as no surprise that more and more people are taking the issue of preparedness seriously. It became glaringly obvious to people that certain habits and thought processes needed to be adjusted. Societally, we took the systems that are…
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First Grind
My first try at making bread with wheat I ground using our new wheat mill...
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Mid-March
Poof! And just like that, we’re half-way through the third month of the year. The sun is starting to come out, the temperature is on the rise, the snow is melting, and the sap is finally starting to flow. It’s going to be a very short Maple Syrup Season this year. I’m feeling a little out of it today, and yet this is the clearest my mind has been in months! The last couple of weeks, and especially the last few days, I have been a bundle of nerves, wanting to know if there is one baby or two growing inside of me. I finally had my first check up…
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Plans for 2022
I’ve been thinking a lot about our plans for 2022. It’s been a little bit difficult to come up with something I feel is fairly solid, because we have a couple of variables that are, to some extent, unknown. But I’m doing my best to try to map out a plan for the year so we know what steps to take and when. Every year, there are several factors we take into consideration when coming up with a list of goals for the year. Finances and time commitments, as well as our desire to reach a goal are all things we need to think about when making our plans. If…
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Grain Mills and Other Things
A belated “Happy New Year!” I’ve been trying to write something the past few weeks, but I realized I just needed a bit of time off. What better time for a break than when I don’t have much of anything exciting going on to write about anyway, right? Well, I received a grain mill for my birthday, and another year is under way, so it’s time to take some more notes about what’s been going on. We caught a cold right around Christmas time, and it took its sweet time traveling through the house from one child to the next, and then on to Scott. Aaron and I were the…
