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Hoop House #1-and a picnic table!

Farm & Hoop house Progress! I look at the photos taken each week and I’m just amazed at how much progress is being made—even in spite of cold weather, human ailments and frailties… Last week the well guy showed up and Dan talked to him about where the well could go…so he had to clear a few more trees and I had to move and stack... [Read more of this article]

A sharp chainsaw is like cookies and milk-yep, it’s that good

Chainsaw Sharpening & Painting the Stumps The new chainsaw needed to be sharpened… already! Because so many trees, large and small, had been felled that the saw wasn’t cutting through the wood as easily as it needed to and there are more trees to trim and log. Thus, a lesson in chainsaw sharpening (say that fast five times) availed... [Read more of this article]

A road from the ground up

A Road Less Travelled… When I read Pathfindersby Gail Sheedy back in the mid-1970s and decided to forge my own path in life, I had no idea that it would entail building a road from scratch in years to come. That day came this week… In order to get access to the farm property, we needed to create an entrance since the land wasn’t accessible... [Read more of this article]

Getting rid of bottled dressings for a healthy salad

Mayonnaise… from scratch! Mayonnaise, to me, has always been a weird condiment. What is this strange matter that people spread on sandwiches, use for making a dressing for coleslaw and potato salad, and often put too much on for my liking? I’ve heard of recipes claiming that you can make homemade mayonnaise, but I had never taken the time... [Read more of this article]

The beginning of small building for a compact lifestyle…

Small sheds for the asking… My Shed Plan is a complete guide that explains how you can build a beautiful shed from scratch. Ryan Henderson the writer of the book has given detailed blueprints and step by step instructions that even a beginner can follow. Shed builders can choose from 12,000 shed plans and woodworking patterns. Once you sign up... [Read more of this article]

Silver Creek Farms is working, from the Dream Board

Silver Creek Farm Land From all the books and tapes I’ve read on Manifesting and Attracting the things you want in your life, one step is to write it on an Image Board. Writing it down gives it to the Universe to figure out how to bring it into your life. I’ve done that with some of my major goals… The other day I was looking at my... [Read more of this article]

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