Homesteading on 2 Acres – a Girl and her Dogs
Homesteading on 2 acres in a tiny house; a girl, her dogs, and some vegan recipes
I live out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by caliche hills dotted with prickly pear and yucca surrounded by oak and cedar woods, peppered with the occasional elm, mimosa, or sumac tree. Rattlesnakes are a real and present issue. Now, if one keeps the lawn mowed, the snakes move on through. If one lets …
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3 years ago one of my friends’ granddaughters saw something on her shelf and said, “Nana, can i have that?” It was a cloth doll made by hand in Mexico…from a long time ago. My friend hesitated and then told her granddaughter that this doll was very special to her because it was given to …
My heart is broken. I am exhausted, emotionally more than physically, but above all spiritually. I have heard it said a disaster will bring out the best and the worst in people. I would agree. I don’t consider myself part of a political party. I vote for whoever I think is better for the job. …
A little tiny afternoon downpour blew through. i brought the dogs in, closed the greenhouse windows, put out a bucket, and we all took a nap.
This is Torvi. She is the first orb weaver to show up this year. She has a web that spans the width of the whole back of the green house. That’s where i first found her and where she has hung out since. One day i was doing my regular warfare with the grasshoppers who …
I let the grass get thigh high and a rattlesnake moved into the chicken pen and returned to this particular spot under the water dispenser every night. The wide flat head told me what it was and its return to the same spot nightly told me it was not just passing through. I had let …
This is what happened. My coworker asked me if i wanted kittens. I said no. Then she asked me if i knew anyone who wanted kittens. I said actually my neighbor is looking for barn cats. I agreed to take the litter for my friend/neighbor as barn cats. He then said he has enough barn …
With a small kitten on the way i knew i had to downsize. I would not have time for every animal i was currently caring for. Keeping the snail terrarium clean and keeping them in constant supply of food in a moist environment that was not molding was a full time job. So, i released …
Every year when it stops being so cold that it freezes at night and it hasnt yet become so hot that you can cook food by leaving it on the dashboard of your car and locking the doors…the feral barn cats have babies. Now, out here we have the large 50 lb wolf- like coyotes. …