2006-Jan-8
Rabbits
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Does anyone out there raise rabbits for meat? Any special insights into raising and (uh...) slaughtering the fluffy little cuties, I mean varmints? I'm considering a sizeable vegetable garden in the Spring and perhaps attempting this endeavor, but I need a little up front advice from someone who has done it...just a little afraid I'll end up with a gazillion critters I won't have the heart to kill! More on Nebraska...I just finished this cool button:  Don't you want one? You can have it absolutely free, so long as you link to NE : ) |
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2006-Jan-6
Nebraska
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This isn't really about homesteading. But then, very little here REALLY is, seeing as homesteading in its proper sense involves squatting on public lands and few people who consider themselves "homesteaders" really are. But that's just me and my pesky definitions. I just finished setting up the Nebraska blog for Homeschool Nation. It is a good state for homesteading...we only have three cities here...and one of them hardly qualifies as a city. Come visit us in cyberspace, and then move here! Drive through our "amber waves of grain!" Enjoy our fresh air with a hint of cow available even in the city (Grand Island, at least). And take advantage of a state where there are so few towns you can make out the interstate on satellite photos because the headlights of the cars provide the only light for miles and miles and miles! Or just check out what I've been doing for the past few days and let me know what you think! |
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2005-Dec-31
Alrighty Then
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I just did some fiddling with my template. I like my categories. The only problem is, I have nothing in them. For the most part. Oh well. I guess you can look at my sidebar and share some vision of my dream...5+ acres, some goats, rabbits and chickens. Some fruit trees and a vegetable garden. Ooh. And honeybees... We were planning on moving next summer and have started looking at properties in the area we wish to move to. We found like our perfect dream home...just a tad out of our price range (20 acres!) Then we thought...what's the rush? We don't have to move. We're doing okelie dokelie right where we're at, even if we are a bit cramped. But if we want to live like pioneers, cramped should be a plus, right? OK, I don't really want to get THAT simple. So we've modified our plan slightly. We're scrimping and saving and paying 2 1/2 times on our house than our actual mortgage payment. We should then have our house paid off in two years. And then we will have a NICE downpayment. Lord willing, of course. I can think of all kinds of reasons to just go for it...but I also know that God would not have us up to our eyeballs in debt, stressing over the little inconveniences of life. After all, we need to have SOME money left over to buy all the little critters! |
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2005-Dec-25
Christmas Day
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I hope all had a blessed Christmas Day. I know I did. My heart sang this morning. We got a puppy Friday night, and that was our family gift. We prepared the children for the fact that was going to be the only present. This morning they got up all excited about getting to spend the whole day playing with the puppy who was no longer drowsy from his shots. We had blueberry pancakes for breakfast, and Baby Bear had lots of fun sneaking blueberries out of the batter while I was cooking. Then my husband came home. He works for the railroad so works all hours all over the place and we are kinda used to not seeing him for a few days at a time. He had brought Baby Bear a matchbox semi truck and he was sooooo excited. "Tank youm! Tank youm!" he kept shouting. Little Mouse rejoiced with him. She went back to playing with the puppy and did not once say anything about "What about me?" or anything of that nature. I was so proud of her. Then Daddy got out his little present for her. A hat/scarf/mitten set. All pink and sparkly. She literally squealed with delight. She threw her arms around her father, put everything on, and wore them the rest of the day. Seriously. Even in the house. And she took special care to put them away so the puppy would not tear them. I could not believe it. Little Mouse is a special little girl. At time she can be quite competitive with her brother, ever concerned that somehow he will get something that she won't. But not today. She rejoiced with her brother over his special treat with no thought of herself. And they both displayed such genuine appreciation over something that really is quite little. Baby Bug did not get anything. But then, at seven months, all she wants is to be cuddled. And she got plenty of that. Oh, here's Mouse holding our family present. Aren't they both the sweetest? The puppy's name is Holden. He is an Australian Shepherd. A Holden is an Australian car. My Australian husband thought our Australian dog (whose breed actually originated in the US...go figure) needed a good Australian name.  |
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2005-Dec-24
Just what I need, Another blog
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OK, this is mostly just a note to reserve my claim. Like the OK Sooners. Gotta stake my plot of cyberspace. I'm not exactly what you'd call a homesteader...yet. This is going to be more a log of a dream. I thought I'd start with my childhood dream of becoming a farmer's wife and chronicle through my ineptitude as a newlywed to present day. Present day includes the possibility of a dream realized...we are planning on moving next year, and a bit of land is top on our list for our destination. Feel free to join us on this little journey. It's sure to be good for a laugh from those of you who know what you are doing. Ten years ago, I couldn't boil a potato. Now we're talking about milking goats, raising chickens and rabbits and possibly a bit of beekeeping on the side. Who'da thunk it? |
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