prairiegirl
Lovin' The Homestead
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I've been wanting to start a journal here and have even gotten so far as to start it only to hit the delete button.
Please forgive me for not completing the "get to know you" questions. I just can't do it - I'm just not up to it.
Anyway.......
Here we are on our little farm. We left a new brick home and moved to this old farmhouse that was barely livable. It was one step away from that. The first months were spent doing major remodelling - a new kitchen and full bath, wiring, furnace/air/woodburner/ water heater, water softener, lighting, flooring, painting.........and we're not done. But, it's livable now and it's our home - a comfy warm home.
In our three years here, we've added a small Dexter herd, a few Holstein and Jersey steers, chickens, rabbits and pigs. We raise our own beef, chicken and now pork. We also handmilk and have our own milk, butter, cream, yogurt and some cheeses. Our chickens are giving us 2-4 eggs a day now. Oct and Nov we had to buy eggs. Yes, those eggs.LOL
We have a big garden and we can, freeze and dry as much as we are able. We have old apple, pear, plum and cherry trees we are trying to save. We also planted some apple, peach, pear trees and raspberries. We have enough grapes growing to provide for our needs.
I enjoy this life. I work along side my DH of 29 years. We work well together and share the same goals as far as living this simple way of life, providing for ourselves all that we can. And, we have a large family that shares our bounty.
Reading that makes it seem somewhat boring, but it's anything but that around here. Always something or someone or some animal causing chaos.LOL
We took our three little pigs to the butcher this past Tuesday. Our first attempt at raising pigs. So far so good - they were healthy and the target weight my DH had in mind. We aren't making money as the first we'll keep, the second is split between our DD and my parents and the third my BIL bought.
The night before we were taking them in we got a call from a farmer that had 2 bull calves for sale. He was only 5 miles from the butcher and we had the trailer anyway, so they came home with us. They were a good price, too. We figured it was meant to be because everything worked out.
We brought the new calves home on my final day of milking. So, now I've traded hand milking for bottle feeding - and here I thought I was getting a 2 mon. break.
We've drank the last of our fresh milk and I really miss it. At least we have a good supply of butter in the freezer.
We really need to get back into a regular routine. Especially in eating healthier. We haven't been eating enough fruits and veggies and some nights meals are "whatever." I haven't baked bread in over a week. Store bread and store milk - DH doesn't like it.LOL
So, I started today. Made sure we had some fruit and veggies.
I tried a new recipe for supper. Swiss Steak served over rice with green beans. We did have a cinnamon roll for dessert. They were left from brunch yesterday.
I've rambled on enough........
Please forgive me for not completing the "get to know you" questions. I just can't do it - I'm just not up to it.
Anyway.......
Here we are on our little farm. We left a new brick home and moved to this old farmhouse that was barely livable. It was one step away from that. The first months were spent doing major remodelling - a new kitchen and full bath, wiring, furnace/air/woodburner/ water heater, water softener, lighting, flooring, painting.........and we're not done. But, it's livable now and it's our home - a comfy warm home.
In our three years here, we've added a small Dexter herd, a few Holstein and Jersey steers, chickens, rabbits and pigs. We raise our own beef, chicken and now pork. We also handmilk and have our own milk, butter, cream, yogurt and some cheeses. Our chickens are giving us 2-4 eggs a day now. Oct and Nov we had to buy eggs. Yes, those eggs.LOL
We have a big garden and we can, freeze and dry as much as we are able. We have old apple, pear, plum and cherry trees we are trying to save. We also planted some apple, peach, pear trees and raspberries. We have enough grapes growing to provide for our needs.
I enjoy this life. I work along side my DH of 29 years. We work well together and share the same goals as far as living this simple way of life, providing for ourselves all that we can. And, we have a large family that shares our bounty.
Reading that makes it seem somewhat boring, but it's anything but that around here. Always something or someone or some animal causing chaos.LOL
We took our three little pigs to the butcher this past Tuesday. Our first attempt at raising pigs. So far so good - they were healthy and the target weight my DH had in mind. We aren't making money as the first we'll keep, the second is split between our DD and my parents and the third my BIL bought.
The night before we were taking them in we got a call from a farmer that had 2 bull calves for sale. He was only 5 miles from the butcher and we had the trailer anyway, so they came home with us. They were a good price, too. We figured it was meant to be because everything worked out.
We brought the new calves home on my final day of milking. So, now I've traded hand milking for bottle feeding - and here I thought I was getting a 2 mon. break.
We've drank the last of our fresh milk and I really miss it. At least we have a good supply of butter in the freezer.
We really need to get back into a regular routine. Especially in eating healthier. We haven't been eating enough fruits and veggies and some nights meals are "whatever." I haven't baked bread in over a week. Store bread and store milk - DH doesn't like it.LOL
So, I started today. Made sure we had some fruit and veggies.
I tried a new recipe for supper. Swiss Steak served over rice with green beans. We did have a cinnamon roll for dessert. They were left from brunch yesterday.
I've rambled on enough........
