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Category Archives: self sufficient
When I Was Three
Posted in enjoying life, farming, home schooling, Iowa, life in the country, personal, random, self sufficient, Uncategorized
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Tagged country living, family, farm, farming, Iowa, life, outdoors, parenting, personal, random
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12 Comments
Extraction Day
“Yaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! There’s a bee!” About the same time, I (DM) felt a bee coming in for the kill on my head. Time to skedaddle to the house. Off in the distance, my daughter and law and grandson were having their … Continue reading →
Posted in bee keeping, enjoying life, Iowa, life in the country, personal, random, self sufficient, Uncategorized
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Tagged country living, faith, family, farm, farming, food, honey bees, Iowa, life, personal, random, self sufficient, wisdom
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15 Comments
More is better, right?
It’s human nature to want to post pictures of our success, like when we’re on vacation, or our glamour photos, when we have a good peach crop etc.: Do you want to know the truth when it comes to growing … Continue reading →
Posted in enjoying life, farming, Gardening, Back to Eden, Heavy Mulch, Ruth Stout, etc, gardening- Back to Eden, Iowa, life in the country, personal, random, ruth stout, self sufficient, spirituality, wisdom
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Tagged Back To Eden, country living, etc, faith, farm, farming, food, Gardening, Heavy Mulch, Iowa, life, mental health, personal, random, ruth stout, self sufficient, spirituality, Urban Homesteading, wisdom
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22 Comments
Got a call this afternoon…
My cell phone rang this afternoon. Looked like it could be a local cell phone so I answered. Good thing I did. “Hi Doug. This is Pam Davis. Someone suggested I give you a call. We have a swarm of … Continue reading →
Posted in bee keeping, enjoying life, farming, Iowa, life in the country, personal, self sufficient, spirituality, Uncategorized, wisdom
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Tagged Bee keeping, country living, food, homesteading, honey bees, Iowa, life, nature, personal, photography, random, self sufficient, Urban Homesteading, wisdom
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31 Comments
Show and tell
Show and tell is one of my favorite memories (and activities, in elementary school) Did you do that when you were in school? On that note, I wanted to do a quick show and tell. My sister Karen is former … Continue reading →
Posted in enjoying life, farming, life in the country, personal, random, self sufficient, Uncategorized, wisdom
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Tagged blogging, country living, farming, food, Iowa, life, mental health, peace and tranquility, personal, random, self sufficient, spirituality, wisdom
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7 Comments
Had to send them packing
Six laying hens are the perfect number to keep us supplied with eggs. When things got weird this past March and eggs were in short supply, I decided to keep a dozen hens. Then added another 6 to the mix … Continue reading →
Posted in chickens, enjoying life, Iowa, life in the country, personal, random, relationships, self sufficient, spirituality, Uncategorized
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Tagged chickens, country living, friendship, Iowa, life, personal, random, relationships, self sufficient
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19 Comments
Tribute to the Creggan White Hare
To all of you that love your freedom… Creggan White Hare [Verse 1] In the lowlands of Creggan there lives a white hare As swift as the swallow that flies through the air You may tramp the world over … Continue reading →
Posted in enjoying life, life in the country, random, self sufficient, Uncategorized
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Tagged country living, life, nature, peace and tranquility, personal, random, self sufficient
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7 Comments
Current Events (locally)
One of my honey bee mentors reached out to me last week with an offer. He said he had an extra nuc (new colony of bees) that he would be willing to trade for some apples come fall. (We have … Continue reading →
Posted in bee keeping, enjoying life, Gardening, Back to Eden, Heavy Mulch, Ruth Stout, etc, life in the country, orchard, personal, random, self sufficient, spirituality, Uncategorized, wisdom
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Tagged Back To Eden, blogging, country living, etc, faith, farming, food, Gardening, Heavy Mulch, History, homesteading, Iowa, life, mental health, orchard, parenting, personal, random, ruth stout, self sufficient, spirituality, wisdom
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10 Comments
Hardening
I picked up a nuc of honey bees a month ago. (A nuc is short hand for a new colony of honey bees, ie, nucleus) . In talking with the owner about overwintering bees, he told me something very interesting. … Continue reading →
Posted in bee keeping, farming, Gardening, Back to Eden, Heavy Mulch, Ruth Stout, etc, gardening- Back to Eden, life in the country, random, self sufficient, Uncategorized, wisdom
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Tagged Back To Eden, country living, etc, farm, food, Gardening, Heavy Mulch, homesteading, life, nature, random, ruth stout, self sufficient, spirituality, Urban Homesteading, wisdom
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12 Comments
The question is…
Decided to scrap my other attempts at “What have I learned the past several weeks” and come at it from a different angle. 🙂 ++++++++++++++ This is all farm related stuff I’ve learned as a direct result of the current … Continue reading →
Posted in enjoying life, faith, farming, Gardening, Back to Eden, Heavy Mulch, Ruth Stout, etc, gardening- Back to Eden, life in the country, pigs, random, self sufficient, spirituality, wisdom
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Tagged Back To Eden, country living, Coved19, etc, faith, farm, farming, food, Gardening, Heavy Mulch, homesteading, Iowa, life, mental health, personal, ruth stout, self sufficient, spirituality, Urban Homesteading, wisdom, work
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22 Comments
