Feb 11, 2007 | Homesteading Life, House & Home
So, today we had our first real rain since moving in and it seems that we need to give a bit of attention to our gutter system. The previous owner has recently replaced the old plastic gutters with copper ones after some hail damage, but it seems like we need to do a...Feb 11, 2007 | Homesteading Life
Even though we have been living here for a few weeks now, and have been working on the farm since August, it still hits us every once in a while: “Hey, this is our farm.” This weekend it has been particularly often that we are standing around and once...Feb 11, 2007 | Garden, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Here is a list of the next major projects we intend to take on. It’s basically also in order of the timeline we aim to tackle them in. Note that these are only the ones we want to do ourselves. Other things we need Macky for, but those are the subject of another...Feb 11, 2007 | Expat Life, Homesteading Life
Here are some pictures we took this morning while taking Doggo for a walk. Even though it’s raining and its still pretty miserable outside it’s a pleasure to be on the farm and in the area around it. It’a little muddy once we get out of town, but you...Feb 7, 2007 | Homesteading Life, House & Home
Robert came by today, as promised, to retrieve the rest of the contractor’s tools, spare building materials and other left-over junk. Thank goodness we still have the trash container here because these guys have made a major portion of trash themselves....Feb 7, 2007 | Homesteading Life, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)
Today is the first time since we’ve lived here that our cats are getting the opportunity to explore the place. While we had contractors coming and going, we couldn’t let them roam free because the cats were sure to escape which would be a huge problem....