I don’t think the others on the homestead really take food preservation very seriously. As I’m working diligently to fill my own place up with dehydrated cabbage, fermented concoctions, dehydrated fruits, canned and frozen foods they don’t seem to do the same or care too. But they call my other garden projects useless (like theContinueContinue reading “I’ve been busy preserving food.”
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Dear Dad, It’s our dog’s birthday today.
https://videopress.com/v/TjJDB2X6?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true It is fitting that Rider and I are saying goodbye to your ashes today, at the end of a frightening and disparaging year. It’s also Rider’s 2nd birthday (he was born, as you may recall, about 30 minutes before the end of the year.) You had been so excited for this pup. To pickContinueContinue reading “Dear Dad, It’s our dog’s birthday today.”
Seed Starting and Tree Pruning Prep
46°, mostly cloudy, showers, 103.22” rain so far this year I did end up laying landscape pavers over my muddy path yesterday. They were free pavers and they do the job even though they are a bit wonky. I got tired of sinking to my ankles in mud when stepping out of my camper. AndContinueContinue reading “Seed Starting and Tree Pruning Prep”
Navigating Family Trauma: Reuniting with My Incarcerated Brother
Today, my youngest brother pulled up the gravel driveway and parked his 30 year old red Nissan S.U.V. next to my 2016 Nissan rig. His big foot tire cover matching my big foot bumper stickers. I haven’t seen him in 5 years. The gritty details is his story to tell but it was traumatic theContinueContinue reading “Navigating Family Trauma: Reuniting with My Incarcerated Brother”
Climate Wary Homesteader 