Our Property is For Sale! We love this house and the land, and hate to move. But we have put a lot of thought into where we want to spend the rest of our lives (or at least the next few decades) and have decided to buy an even larger piece of land with friends. [...]
Yesterday I put in the corn and beans, added mulch, watered the garden, spread gravel in the drive, cleaned out the gutters, put up the hummingbird feeders, pulled weeds, thinned seedlings, etc…. so I decided to take today off, as recommended by at least one out of four major religions. Here are just a few [...]
Having worked with them on a few web projects, I invited some folks at Dancing Rabbit Eco Village in Missouri to discuss how internet access has helped their community. Several members are involved in a wide variety of online businesses that bring in revenue to help finance infrastructure and boost their local economy. Brian Toomey [...]
Update: B. Nine. Calling B9. Anyone? B9? Oh, that’s me. Just talked to the surgeon. Bingo! I know the Title should have been “Frankenstein’s Monster” but it doesn’t sound as good. Poor Dr. Frankenstein. What’s worse? Having your name used as a verb, or as another proper noun? Google it. So I’ve been procrastinating. Here, let [...]
Welp, as of a few weeks ago, winter is officially over and we are full swing in spring. Warm days, cold nights and daily showers are upon our little mountain homestead. Mother nature is waking up with the growth of crocusus, dandelions and wood violets bringing forth beautiful colors of purple, blue, green and yellows [...]
Perhaps the title is misleading, as “rural America” has never died. She has changed; she has suffered; but like the strong-willed people who make up her population, she has persevered despite having a large portion of her three greatest treasures stolen over the last sixty-odd years. Those three things are her people, her economy, and [...]
I finished spinning up the beautiful purple and blue merino wool that I started in my spinning wheel demo video and now it is time to finish up the yarn by setting the twist. Many spinners ply together 2 or more strands to get a thicker yarn, but I tend to spin kind of chunky [...]
You may recall last year I posted about tilling up a garden from soil that was red clay below grass that had probably not been tilled in over 50 years, if ever. In that post I talked about how difficult the soil was to work with a tiller, and that I ended up having to [...]
Last Saturday I went to nearby Border Springs Farm for their annual sheep shearing day. They invite anyone to come watch and hope spinners/crafters will snatch up some fleeces to take home for their fiber projects. And that’s exactly what I did! I picked out two nice fleeces that I will eventually wash, card and [...]
We believe that humankind has lost some important things in the march toward progress. That is not to say progress and simplicity are mutually exclusive. We believe we can have both, and this site catalogs our journey as we try to do exactly that.
The Transplants
Missy & Everett
TreeStone Farm
Tommy
The Old-Timers
Coming Soon
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The Urban Homesteaders
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The Minimalists
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