I was stoked to find this beauty on a local Facebook sale group for just $15. I've had it in the back of my mind for months that I'd like to create a floating house and have ducks on our big pond. My idea involves an old doghouse, a pallet, and several plastic barrels, and … Continue reading My next little project
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Serious salad prep
Easiest on the go lunch prep ever: salads in jars and berries in cups! Put the bigger items like onions, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. in the jar first and then add the greens (that way they don't get soggy). It's the perfect size for a lunch salad! Berries in cups make perfectly portioned snacks and … Continue reading Serious salad prep
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The Tao of Martha
I'm reading this book right now, and it is HILARIOUS! I laugh out loud A LOT while reading the chapters, and I could literally be this woman minus the book deals. If you can get your hands on a copy, definitely read it! You can thank me later. LOL
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Guess who drove the tractor Saturday?
That's right! This girl!!! I can do it!!! I can also put on and take off the hay spear all by myself (it just takes a little redneck ingenuity in the form of a big metal bucket that I use because of my bum wrist)! Now I just have to figure out how to run … Continue reading Guess who drove the tractor Saturday?
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Book catalogue
Janeesa found the app I've been hoping would get made!!! It's an Android app and is free. I can enter my books from my home bookshelves manually or by SCANNING THE BARCODE ON THE BACK!!! I am soooo excited to do this!!! This app is super easy to use. When I opened it, this is … Continue reading Book catalogue
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Quick and spicy dinner
Ted spent a couple of hours outside in the drizzly cold weather today; he got a hay bale for the cattle, brought a bag of pig feed up for the pigs, fed the chickens (again), slipped the pigs, and raked our driveway, Gramma Izzie's driveway, and the church's driveway with the tractor. He wanted a … Continue reading Quick and spicy dinner
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Prepping a summer project
During that super warm weekend, Ted hooked chains to these two old tractor tires (found while bulldozing three acres for pasture), and he moved them where I wanted them. The plan is that these tires will beautify our barn area this spring and summer. We're going to fill them with marigolds and maybe a few … Continue reading Prepping a summer project
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Busy, busy, busy!
This month has been full of work. It should have been full of Christmas prep as well, but for the first time in fifteen years, the holidays took a backseat to everything going on in our lives. Between work and college and the farm, I didn't have the gumption to tackle decorating, baking, etc. ahead … Continue reading Busy, busy, busy!
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Operation Move Those Pigs
Ted hooked up the electric to the fence in the big pig paddock, and it worked well so he decided today was the day to move the pigs. By the time I got out the door, he'd moved Dixie who heard Bitsy squealing because she was suddenly alone and promptly shot under the hot wire … Continue reading Operation Move Those Pigs
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Keep feed mice free
In the barn, if there's feed in feedbags, there are mice chewing into the bags and scattering it across the floor. Not only is this a waste of money, time, and resources, but it's also not sanitary. I've hit on the most foolproof way to store feed: old refrigerators placed on their backs and filled … Continue reading Keep feed mice free
Striving Acres 