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Winter Firewood Cutting
It’s that time of the year again when the family works together to gather the firewood for the winter. Cutting our own firewood can be a lot of work, but we all enjoy being in the woods in the fall … Continue reading
Posted in Wood Heating
Tagged bucking, country, country skills, family, famly work, farm, farmall, farmall M, firewood, hardy, hardy wood furnace, homestead, homesteading, husky, husky wood splitter, land, log skidding, mini-farm, wood cutting
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2012 Fall Party
This last Saturday our family hosted a great fall party. Fall parties are one of our favorite things to do on our country homestead. Many our wonderful friends came and we had a blast! We had a huge bonfire and lots of good food. Dad … Continue reading
Posted in Family, General
Tagged bonfire, country fun, country life, country living, fall, fall party, family, family fun, farmall M, fellowship, food, fun, games, hayride, haywagon, homestead, party
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Why Do We Homestead…
Is the central questioned posed in one of the main articles in the current issue of one of favorite magazines, “CountrySide & Small Stock Journal.” In this article, founder and editor emeritus J.D Belanger examines the progression of the definition … Continue reading
Posted in Family, General
Tagged country, country life, country living, family, family fun, farm animal, farm animals, food, gardening, homestead, homesteading, land, mini-farm, off the grid, the have more plan
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Fall Family Fun
Our church sponsored an afternoon of fun at the Prairie Edge Garden Center in Bowling Green Missouri this past Sunday. It was a warm, sunny day –just great for a hayride. Family owned and operated, the Garden Center is a great example … Continue reading
Reflections on the Missouri Senatorial Debate & The Country Life
I take a short diversion in this post by talking a little about the elections coming up. In reality, it is not that much of a diversion because the freedom we have to live our country lives, with the ability … Continue reading
Apple Cider, Friendship and Old Time Country Skills
Our dear friends, the Brown’s, invited our family to their mini-farm this past week to experience homemade cider-making. October is THE time for apple picking and cider making here in Missouri. Laura did what she does best, sampled the cider … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, apple cider, apple picking, apple press, country, country living, country skills, family, farm, food, fruit tree, fuji apple, harvest, homemade, homestead, mini-farm, red delicious apple
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