April 2016 – Russ & Sue's World

We have had a unusually warm trend.
All the tress have buds on them!

The peach trees have blossoms

Welcome to the Homesteading Today Forum and Community!

Years back you mentioned using a piece of carpet to suppress grass on hard to mow places. Do you reckon that could work with old linoleum? Looking for something that won't necessarily rot and break down.

Depression?

Is this depression?? DH hasn't been rx by any medical person. He goes to his dr. On Wed. And I think I should go with him.. He retired 2yrs ago, we are in great financial shape, we have a close family, Children, grands and his siblings all live close. We are living on the farm […]

Got Started on Expanding the Shed

Seems like barns and sheds are never big enough. Stripped the topsoil and leveled an area with compacted crushed stone for a shed addition yesterday. Pole barn guy supposed to start first of July sometime. Initially I built a 40' x 60' shop / garage that i thought would be all I'd ever need. Since […]

Our future?

What do you think is in our nation's future? Think there is a chance of there ever being another great depression? Of martial law ever going into affect? Do you think our nation is getting better?

What's Cooking at Your House Part 2

Well, wr, that was swift. If you get this stickied up we can start the monthly threads. We're starting hurricane preps now. There is lots of information in the Survival and Emergency Preparedness forum on HT. One thing I stressed to my families when I was working as a hospice nurse was to plan to […]

Will a standard issue from HF cable comalong lift a 5X5 bale

onto a bale buggy? The boat windless that came with it wont.

Self Sustaining Sawmill?

Question for those who operate sawmills and for those who buy their lumber; Is owning a sawmill a good homestead investment? In my area a used bandsaw mill will go for anywhere from $3000-$6000 with spare blades. On the farm we go through fence boards like grease through a goose between clients horses that chew […]

Where have you lived?

Seems like I've lived a lot of places though I'm betting a military brat or serviceperson would beat me. I've lived in: Pennsylvania (Clark's Summit and Lansdale) New Jersey (Mt. Laurel) Georgia (Marietta) Massachusetts (Millis, Boston, Maynard, North Adams and Framingham) Ohio (greater Cincinnati area) Indiana (Carmel) Michigan (Holly...only for four months but what the […]

2017 Summer quilt block swap starts now

Welcome to the sign up for the 2017 Summer Quilt Block Swap. Signups will close Sunday, June 18th, he mailing date will be Friday September 1st. That gives us over 2 months to create and mail the blocks and hopefully won’t overlap with the winter swap. Block size and number: The size of the blocks […]

Honey berries

I picked my first batch today. Now to decide what to do with them. Jam, muffins, pie, or freeze till winter. Leaning towards winter but decisions decisions decisions. Henny penny helped herself to the lower berries. Slicked them down pretty quick

Month: April 2016

Our first peach blossoms 2016