I have a lot of power tools – a lot! And up to this point in time I have not acquired a tool that I could not figure out how to use within the first 15 minutes. Welp, it took at 9″ band saw, several hours of my time, and finally resorting to visiting a woodworker [...]
Even though most of the trees are bare and flowers are dormant, there are still many ways to decorate using what you’d find in your yard. I trimmed a few hydrangeas (correct me if I’m wrong) and put them in a vase to create an artful bouquet. I also broke off some branches that Everett [...]
Today, I said goodbye to my Kubota 43hp 4×4 tractor with all its implements, including a backhoe! I have worked through some feelings around this sale. It’s sad because I loved that tractor and used it all the time, but it’s good to know it will help me get one step closer to being debt free. My life looks [...]
I didn’t want to do it, really. I have spent a year mulling over this situation trying to figure out if there was any other way, but I came to the conclusion that it needed to be done. Last weekend I cut down two very large Pine trees that were blocking the sunlight to a Passive Solar Cabin [...]
In case you missed it, we’re “officially” a family now, but Missy wasn’t the only one to hatch a little one around here. We also have month-old guinea keets (hatched by Big Mamma turkey) and a few week-old chicks. There is also a donkey that was born earlier in the year who is getting to [...]
The title of this post is paraphrasing a quote from one of my favorite passages of all time of this year. The passage I have excerpted below was written by American naturalist John Burroughs, pictured here. This was a man who truly knew how to observe nature by removing all the crap that filters the [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
To a stranger, it might look like we just have piles of wood strewn about haphazardly, but while explaining the “science” of our wood piles to Missy yesterday (as she rolls her eyes at me), it struck me how squirrel-like we are in this matter. Squirrels, contrary to popular belief, don’t always just make a [...]
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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