Big Mamma is laying again. I found six turkey eggs in the corner of the chicken coop today. She’s been sleeping with the chickens lately. I think Big Mamma feels more comfortable with the chickens because she can keep up with them. The guineas are too fast. Either that, or the guineas just gave her [...]
Making quilts out of free upholstery samples is a fun way to recycle. Did you know that furniture stores often get rid of and even throw away their fabric samples once or twice a year? The beautiful material is already cut into squares or rectangles making the construction of a simple large patchwork quilt even [...]
In the comments sections of my last post Making More Lip Balm, a reader asked if I would share which products I use and where I get them. Why, I’d love to! Before I begin, I’d like to recommend you watch the video of The Story of Stuff about Cosmetics. It was a real eye [...]
I’ve always had a deep yearning to ”keep” bees for more years than I can remember, but finally got my first hives about 3 years ago. I was as green as it could get. I didn’t have a clue that the majority of the bees in the hive were female, I didn’t know that a bee’s life was a meager 4 weeks [...]
Bib Mamma (our turkey hen) has a crush on me. Yesterday we were finishing up painting the fence (FINALLY!) and she followed me around all day cooing. When I turned to look at her or walked toward her she would flatten herself down on the ground. I told her that I didn’t go for turkeys; [...]
This morning I made some more lip balm, because I needed some colorless ones for Everett. I end up giving these away to people so it was time to make more. I also added a little color in some for myself. If you haven’t already watched my How To Make Your Own Lip Balm video, [...]
This week our chickens started laying eggs again! We’ve been getting 1-2 eggs every day so far. I love finding the eggs when I go let the chickens out in the morning, but I love to eat them even more! The store bought eggs can be down right depressing. From the styrofoam containers to the [...]
For the past few months the sky has seemed to be a constant grey overcast, snow plentiful and temperatures in the single digits. I like getting outside in winter, but with these conditions I don’t stay out long these days. So when we recently had a warm January day I knew it was time to [...]
We’re Everett and Missy’s farm neighbors. This is our story about “Living the Simple Life”. Working in the big city for years certainly had its conveniences; coffee shops, bars, restaurants, shopping, etc. However for us, the ugly truth of the big city was way too close; crime, obnoxious traffic, career stress, inconsiderate people, politics, and [...]
I’ve been taking my time with the seed catalog from Seed Savers Exchange because we’ve been busy with work, finishing the back room, and trying to get out and about while we still can (before Waylon Journey S. arrives this summer). Yesterday we primered all of the dry-wall, after cleaning up drywall mud from the [...]
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.
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Tommy
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