Category Archives: General

A new theme for a new year

Robin and I have been working on a new website theme for the last two weeks, and it’s finally online tonight. We hope the new theme will make the site easier to read and more interactive. Some of the key … Continue reading

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Ghetto door

After doing some errands this evening we came home, walked up to our front door, unlocked it, and the door literally fell off it’s hinges. I had a small fit of giggles, while Lee groaned and told me he didn’t … Continue reading

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Gratuitous pig shots

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Broken roof

Have you ever had it rain so much that your roof fell off? Yes, it really was raining that hard here, but you can’t blame the rain. The shack out behind our house decided that it didn’t need part of … Continue reading

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Burning tomatoes and spider pigs

None of these things really needed their own post so I thought I would just lump them all together. We had our first brush fire of the season two weeks ago. I got that one out of the way and … Continue reading

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“You’re not finished mowing yet dear…”

Lee finally got his tractor up and going. It was having some issues and the grass was getting out of hand. So much out of hand that my sissy town dog Edgar didn’t want to go to the bathroom because … Continue reading

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We lost a chicken

Late this evening I went out to put the hens to bed. As I got close to the hen house I saw one of the Rhode Island Reds laying in front of the doorway. I thought to myself, “that’s odd, … Continue reading

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How do my chickens doo?

So, Lee was out in the garden last week with the hens and one of the girls laid a really big splat in front of him instead of the nice tight chicken poop like you prefer to see. Obviously we’ve … Continue reading

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Garden anxiety

Lee is about ready to have a nervous breakdown due to the weather impeding his gardening progress. If only you could hear the grumbles emanating from him. I keep telling him to chill out because vegetable gardening is part skill … Continue reading

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Of branches, vines, and bleeding hearts

We are slowly getting ready for some more fencing projects. This new fence line will run from the corner of the garden to the chicken pen. It will be around 200 feet. Unfortunately, there was a huge pile of limbs … Continue reading

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