I’ve been fighting a lot with Fedex lately. I’ve been receiving a misfits market box in the mail for years now. Misfits market has a deal with Fedex. FedEx delivers the package. In the entirety of the time I have had the service, I have never had to sign for the package, nor have I …
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Learning to Change a Tire
When the flood happened i stayed home from work for 2 days. The first day i stayed home because the river was rising and i didnt want to be separated from my animals when it took the bridge and cut us off from the rest of the towns and cities. Who would feed them, hive …
July 16, 2026
I knew it was going to happen again yesterday but nobody would listen to me. Everybody thought i was paranoid…dramatic. Its not like last year, they said. See, the bridge is still there. Yes its flooding but this time its not up to the bridge yet and this time we have bridge officials and the …
A Raccoon Problem
When it rains it pours. 3 days in a row i’d seen eyes in the dark and while they could have been one of my neighbor’s outdoor cats they looked a bit too high off the ground to belong to a cat and unfortunately i had my money on coon. On the 4th day a …
The Chickens Go Outside
It is exactly what it sounds like. The baby chickens graduated. Fully feathered and able to regulate their own body temperatures….they went outside. Poor Sumac has to stay in the house until he is 18 weeks old because he is meant to go in with the older buff orpington hens who are already on adult …
Mowing the Dog Run
It became that time of year again. The grass in the dog run was green and growing and it was time to mow again. I got all the batteries and chargers out and told cashews to leave the *** ******* mower in peace to do its job and we spent a day making the grass …
A Pitiful Amount of Grass
I had to wait for the last frost to plant the grass in the baby chickens’ pen. I didnt want it to freeze after id planted it. I emptied a whole bag of grass seed in there and covered it over with a thin layer of dirt, then watered it daily. Nothing happened. I mean …
The Neighbor’s Longhorns
One day i came home and the neighbor’s longhorns were right up near the fence. They weren’t friendly like his previous cows so i rarely got a good look at the longhorns but this day no they stayed within view for a good while and i could see all their magnificent patterns.
Sumac Rejoins the Flock on the Homestead
I originally had 2 roosters but the one named mochi died. He came from the hatchery sick and i separated him and nursed him along for a bit but he never did grow a smidgeon and was very lethargic. He ultimately passed. Now i had a problem because i didnt like this experience with this …
The Persimmon Tree Flowers
The persimmon tree was a fairly new purchase last year so i had never seen it flower. I had not dared to think past hoping it survived the winter. But survive it did. Even though my new mulberry did not make it, the persimmon did. I realized i needed to purchase a “trader’s mulberry tree” …