Our Huglekultur
When we first started the foundation of our cabin, we realized we needed to address the lay of the land. The front of the house was going to be significantly high off the ground and right on the edge of a big drop off. We […]
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Keeping Busy 5/16/12
These last few weeks have been very busy and we’ve gotten many things done here, but not all cabin work. The girls have been wrapping up the school year, which included final drafts on research papers, exams, and a weekend trip to TN to pick […]
Huglekultur
Huglekultur is the latest gardening sensation that is actually a very old form of “no till” and “raised bed” farming. It has been used in Eastern Europe for centuries. It is a German term that translates “mound culture” or “hill culture” and was probably developed […]
Chicknapping: A Hen House Tale…Honest!
Chickens have been a part of my life from my earliest memory. There have been a lot of chickens and a lot of eggs, but I have never seen nor heard of what I recently witnessed in the hen house. Honestly, if I had only […]
Cabin 4/23/12
We have been horribly busy this last few weeks with not only duties here, but other things life brings. It feels like we never stop (actually, it’s not just a feeling come to think about it) and we never get enough done. We are plodding […]
Chick News 4/19/12
Last night I went down to the coop to check on my two setting hens. When I tried to lift the first one up, she fussed at me with a great to-do. During the struggle, two little fluffy peeps popped out from under her wing! […]
The Chicks Are Two Weeks Old – and other chicken news
Four chicks survived and are doing very well. They are hopefully going to market to be sold next week with the new hatch. The poor chick with the leg that didn’t bend, died during the night after putting it in the brooder. The one with […]
Cabin Progress 4-11-12
We worked this past Saturday and took two days off work this week to get as much as we could on the cabin. We got lathe, insulation, boards, Timbor x 2, and stain on the back of the upstairs, as well as the second upstairs […]