"Delanie I still have another month before I can do much I've still got patches of snow out here The places that are shaded part of the day and where the snowbanks from DH plowing are still lingering."
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I just have to say
Started Dec 14, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
That in the wake of the tragedy today in CT. my thoughts & prayers are with those 20 families that have suffered the unimaginable and all those children that had to witness that horror. My prayer…Continue
Downsizing
Started Sep 18, 2012 0 Replies 1 Like
Due to the skyrocketing price of grain Sis & I talked last night and we're going to downsize the flock for the time being, with layer pellets over $15 a bag and we're going thru 100 to 150 lbs a…Continue
The luck of the hatch (or lack there of)
Started May 22, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
I bought a lot of eggs this year chicken, turkey, & goose and had a very dismal hatch rate, no thanks to the USPS.Of 47 chicken eggs only 11 hatched and only 8 made it to pullet size the last of…Continue
Building a brooder pen
Started Apr 2, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
I have 8 chicks and 1 poult that are in a brooder pen inside right now and with in the next 2 weeks I have to get them out of that and into something else before my next batch of eggs hatch. We do…Continue
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Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post Breaking ground for the first time at Oak Grove Valley Farm
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post Breaking ground for the first time at Oak Grove Valley Farm
"How exciting for you!!!!!"
Karen Paro commented on Karen Paro's blog post Making extra money from home
"Jodie it was wonderful talking to you today!!! Can't wait for that package to arrive so I can get back sewing!!!
I'll definately let you know as soon as I get it."
Jodie Westwood commented on Karen Paro's blog post Making extra money from home
"FInally, I see a picture, what a cool bag. And to think I have stacks of clean bags in the barn. I need to get my act together and send them to you. Still have your address too. Just got some red, white & blue bags in…"
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post Muck boots, cutting down trees and 2" rain!
"Delanie, a "boot puller offer" is very easy to make using scrap lumber like a 1/2" thick piece of trim board. Just use a jig saw to cut a curve in one end the width of the boot just about at the top of your heal and using another…"
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post Muck boots, cutting down trees and 2" rain!
"Not sure how much rain I got this past week like a dummy I forgot to empty my rain guage and take it in before freezing weather struck and it froze & the glass broke on the bottom side. My yard was…"
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post Definitely overestimated our target move in date...
"Sorry to hear you had to move the projected move in date out a month but it will be so worth it in the end :-)
Have a Happy NEW YEAR"
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post It gets worse, before it gets better....
"Sounds like a lot of hard work is getting done!!! Can't wait to see pictures of it all."
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I just have to say
That in the wake of the tragedy today in CT. my thoughts & prayers are with those 20 families that have suffered the unimaginable and all those children that had to witness that horror. My prayer is for God to take all and wrap them in his loving arms and give them strength during this time of great tragedy. I can not even begin to imagine the pain those families are suffering, 20 babies gone before they had even had a chance to live.See More
Karen Paro commented on Your Family Homestead's blog post Getting Back To Work
"So sorry for the loss of the family member, it's always sad when anyone passes but I think it's twice as bad when they have just started living.
Nice to have you back and will be looking forward to reading more posts from you!"
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post The first week!
"Well we found out yesterday that the power company wires that run from the road to the meter & from the meter to the circut board are just as old as the original part of the house. Yesterday afternoon all the lights in half the house went out…"
Karen Paro commented on Karen Paro's blog post Making extra money from home
"Thanks Delaine I enjoy making them they are so easy and to get paid to make them is an added bonus.
There hasn't been cash enough in the register at the end of the day for my sister to bring the money for what have sold so far home to me but I…"
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post The first week!
"Delaine, I know just what you mean about how much work to rehab a house my sister & I have been doing a lot of work on her's and mom's house the past few years. We've been making it our winter projects and do 1 room at a time (…"
Delanie Trusty commented on Karen Paro's blog post Making extra money from home
"This is awesome! So glad you came up with the idea and that it is working! Be encouraged!!"
Karen Paro commented on Delanie Trusty's blog post The first week!
"Sounds like it's been very productive!!! Good Luck with the move and everything else involved."
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Making extra money from home
This past spring & summer our grandson needed extensive dental work and the only dentist that I could find that would take our insurance wouldn't take his secondary insurance and because ours was the primary the secondary wouldn't reimberse for the co-pays so I was using part of my bill money to pay the dentist because they wouldn't make payment arrangements for the co-pays, so now with the holidays upon us I'm struggling to play catch up on bills and not enough money coming in to do that…See More
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Making extra money from home
Posted on November 26, 2012 at 10:41pm 4 Comments 4 Likes
This past spring & summer our grandson needed extensive dental work and the only dentist that I could find that would take our insurance wouldn't take his secondary insurance and because ours was the primary the secondary wouldn't reimberse for the co-pays so I was using part of my bill money to pay the dentist because they wouldn't make payment arrangements for the co-pays, so now with the holidays upon us I'm struggling to play catch up on bills and not enough money coming in to do…
Continue Bargain hunting
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 6:20pm 4 Comments 1 Like
I'm always on the look out for a good deal and so far over the years I've scored a number of them for things we need/want but can't afford new. Most but not all have been free and a lot of those were side of the road finds.
Some of the things I've found on the side of the road free have been a 60's era Hamilton Beach electric meat grinder that works fantastic, 3 fans for times like this when it's hot but not hot enough for A/C, trash bags full of enough like new & new bedding for…
Continue Some days you just have to laugh until you cry
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 5:49pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Around here you never know what surprises are going to be waiting for you, like the morning I woke up to an egg that had hatched a week sooner than I expected, because I was putting eggs in the incubators at different times I was writing the dates on them so I could mark the calendar with the approximate hatch dates so when I put the duck egg in I marked the calendar well guess what Aracuna eggs are the same color as some duck eggs 
Then you have the ducklings that just have to…
My adventures in homesteading
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:34am 1 Comment 2 Likes
I learned most of what I know from my Great Grandfather, He live right next door and he was always teaching me about gardening, seed starting, and animal raising. But I never really put any of it to use until many years later.
My adventure started in the early 80's when after 10 yrs of marriage I filled for a divorce and became a single mother of 1 collecting workman's comp. I was just barely paying the bills never mind putting food on the table so I decided to start a garden and…
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- At 10:55pm on January 14, 2012,
Debra Benes said… Karen, Thanks for adding me. I'm actually from Pa. Small town called Green Lane. Not far from Lancaster. I grew up on a farm, but when my Grandfather got really sick we moved to Fla. so my Dad could help care for him and my Grandmother. The country never left my blood or heart. I've been here about 16 yrs.. Where I'm at reminds me of Pa. I love your sign and I need to get one! I've been having similar problems here almost 2 yrs now. I think it's finally getting to the neighbors that they can't get rid of me and I am not breaking any laws here. I look forward to chatting with you and making new friends
Debra
- At 9:05am on May 23, 2012,
Tina said… Thank you for the info on Maine! My husband and I traveled there during the fall and of course fell in love with it. I know it would be an excellent idea to travel in the winter and summer to see if we still love it. We have been doing some research on the area with regards to farming, jobs et.al. and will continue to do so. We hope to rent something just to see if we want to stay forever. We have many ideas as to what we want to do but haven't really put a finger on it. We still have our 23 year old at home, just graduated from college and has a job. Next, she's getting an apartment. Once she is settled we are going to really start looking for something that fits what we are looking for. $4K in taxes on a half and acre? That's insane! That's what we pay on our property in California and our house in CO. We will most certainly be checking all that nonsense. Our property in CA was a gift from a family member. We may move there, but it is high desert and I have been living in the desert that is CO for 12 years now. I want something different. We are blessed to have options.
I love the fact that your family takes care of each other! That is a blessing in and of itself. I somewhat envy that. I think it's wonderful~
Blessings to you and your family on continuing to fight for what's yours and to continue doing what you do! You are an inspiration to many~
Tina
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