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1/02/08 - 4th Day - After Breakfast. Greetings y'all. Man is it cold this morning! 15 degrees and frosty. We had our little propane heater going all night in the cabin and it is still only in the 50's inside. Danielle says, "It's too cold for breakfast". Today the high is supposed to be in the mid 40's. The prognosticators are calling for nice temps towards the weekend - 70's during the day and high 40's at night. That will be nice.
Today is our "first Wednesday" community work day. Each first Wednesday we all get together and do work projects on the land. Today we will be working on the west entrance to the property, and putting up a fence around the Ante's house to keep the cows out. We will also be gathering up stones for some low places in the community road that fill with water and mud when it rains. We all enjoy first Wednesday because it is a good time of fellowship for the whole community - and it reminds us why we are doing all of this.
Tomorrow we are having a party over at the Antes to celebrate that most of the "new folks" have been on the land for a whole year. The Antes, the Sustaires, and Chris Woods have all been here in the community for a year now.
This morning we will be moving two of my male pigs to their own pen. These will be the first two to get butchered here pretty soon. We plan on butchering the pigs ourselves, which will be a first for us. We also have some goats to butcher as well.
I think I mentioned that one of Tracy's rabbits had two bunnies - which seem to be doing fine. I think the other female is due to kindle sometime this month. It will be nice to have our rabbit production up and running after several failures (including that a rattlesnake killed our two females last year).
So the world says a new year has come, but I really do not feel much different. A year ago we were welcoming all of the new homesteaders to the community, and I was making cheese and doing a lot of canning. We're not milking right now, so I haven't been making any cheese, but everything else hasn't changed much. Reading my blog from a year ago, it was 22 degrees on this morning. Colder this year.
I think I turn 41 this year. I can only tell when it is this cold.
Michael
Today is our "first Wednesday" community work day. Each first Wednesday we all get together and do work projects on the land. Today we will be working on the west entrance to the property, and putting up a fence around the Ante's house to keep the cows out. We will also be gathering up stones for some low places in the community road that fill with water and mud when it rains. We all enjoy first Wednesday because it is a good time of fellowship for the whole community - and it reminds us why we are doing all of this.
Tomorrow we are having a party over at the Antes to celebrate that most of the "new folks" have been on the land for a whole year. The Antes, the Sustaires, and Chris Woods have all been here in the community for a year now.
This morning we will be moving two of my male pigs to their own pen. These will be the first two to get butchered here pretty soon. We plan on butchering the pigs ourselves, which will be a first for us. We also have some goats to butcher as well.
I think I mentioned that one of Tracy's rabbits had two bunnies - which seem to be doing fine. I think the other female is due to kindle sometime this month. It will be nice to have our rabbit production up and running after several failures (including that a rattlesnake killed our two females last year).
So the world says a new year has come, but I really do not feel much different. A year ago we were welcoming all of the new homesteaders to the community, and I was making cheese and doing a lot of canning. We're not milking right now, so I haven't been making any cheese, but everything else hasn't changed much. Reading my blog from a year ago, it was 22 degrees on this morning. Colder this year.
I think I turn 41 this year. I can only tell when it is this cold.
Michael
posted by Michael Bunker at 1/01/2008 03:06:00 PM
2 Comments:
Thank you for sharing your experiences. Tell me, will you and Dave provide consulting services for folk who would like to live in Christian community similar to what's been done at the ranch? There is such a need. Your writings help but there is nothing like hands-on learning.
You simply must keep everyone posted of how the hog butchering goes.
By the way, if you ever get the Process Driven Life book published, kindly reserve 3 copies for me. ~Sonya
I am sure David and I would be more than willing to help with those who desire to do the same thing we are doing.
I am still working on the book - the order series is a chapter, and I plan on documenting the hog butchering as soon as it happens. (Maybe next week)
Michael
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