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Tag Archives: land
New Year, New Possibilities
With the New Year upon us, many of us think about new possibilities and goals for improving our homestead and making things better. Especially as the new seed catalogs start coming in, I personally like to think about new things … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged biointensive, country, country life, country living, country skills, family, farm, garden, gardening, goals, grow biointensive, homestead, homesteading, John Jeavons, land, mini-farm, new year, resolutions, tillage radish
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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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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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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
Remembering Ruth Stout: A Guru of No-Work Gardening
One of the first books I read as the Lord rekindled my love of gardening was “The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book” by the late Ms. Ruth Stout and Mr. Richard Clemence, published by Rodale Press. Ms. Stout was a … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged country, deep mulch, farm, garden, gardening, growing, hay, homestead, land, mini-farm, mulch, no-work gardening, planting, ruth stout
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Cover Crop Experiment: Tillage Radish
This week I planted an experimental bed of Tillage Radish. I have several beds with hard clay starting about eight to ten inches below the top soil. Instead of using the double dig method on these bigger beds, I’m trying … Continue reading
