The snow fell all night, or rather blew in sideways with the wind. We woke up to find all the paths we'd plowed were re-buried again and a few flurries still flying around in the air. There was very little stirring out there all morning, so it was eerily quiet. Even the pups stayed hidden …
I try to do something 'homesteady' every day, and today is no different. I began the morning with some fresh eggs which are thankfully back again after the girls went into hibernation during that deep arctic cold blast last week. I had just used up my frozen stock and I needed eggs for a few …
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Well, it's definitely winter here in Idaho... The snow was coming down so gently this morning, it was really magical out there for the brief amount of time I was able to manage being out in the cold... I can't complain though. We've had a really lovely winter so far, overall. I do admit it …
There's usually something to surprise me first thing in the morning. Fresh snow, a visiting hawk or just a really beautiful sunrise when I throw open the curtains to greet the day. This morning's surprise was that Fred and the girls were out before I was, which means I accidentally left their coop open last …
So I crunched some more numbers after going back and looking at the cost of raising the cornish cross meat birds we've been enjoying on a weekly basis. I broke it down based on a dozen of them, since that's about how many a family of four would go through in about three months. We …
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