Small Homestead

Virginia weather in January is, well, changeable.  For the first two weeks of January, we had frigid temperatures.  We were doing good if we got up to freezing during the day and we were in the low teens at night.  Everything was frozen solid and I spent two weeks, breaking ice in water troughs and [...]

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The holidays are over and the ground is frozen here in Virginia.   It’s too cold outside to want to do more than the bare necessities and you would think that gardening would be the farthest thing from my mind.   I actually like to spend these cold winter days planning my garden.  As I have mentioned, [...]

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Rosebud is a very special mule.  She came to us as a rescue and was severely underweight.  She has been my project for the last 4 months.  Because of her age, it has been an uphill battle to put weight on her.  Randy has told me several times that it would be impossible to actually [...]

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I live in the South.  We have a traditional menu or food for every occasion.   There are traditional foods for everything from weddings to funerals to holidays and each food has some symbolism attached to it.  New Year’s is no exception and it brings not one food but several.
The family gathers each New Years day [...]

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