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Cold weather has spread across the old farm as December rolls into position. The cows are fed with plenty of hay in storage for the winter months. We have a good supply of all things needed so were ready for some warm fireplace nights. This slower pace time is much …
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Each year around the old farm the month of November has always been more of a time to slow down as we look back upon the weeks that lay behind us with thankful hearts for all that it has brought. Hard work is really a prideful normality to any homesteader enjoying l…
With the first day of autumn approaching there are slight signs emerging that one season is ending making way for yet another. The old farm has certainly scene these changes before and we embrace this cycle with open arms. Before long fires will be lit as the coals heat up our cherished dutch ovens …
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I fired off the ole smoker for a long slow cook of pork butts and fresh hams that soon was copped then sauced for our family 4th celebration. For decades I have been the pit master here on the farm bringing hungry appetites to the old farm table. Our family time is …
Summer is in full swing bringing with it the southern heat that we face each year. So, from that standpoint it is nothing new and helps us understand that we have a place among the familiar times of the south. Farm work continues each day full of adventure and pride in work well done. The occasional…
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Its somewhat dry here in the south. The old farm is about as dusty as it gets. I can remember each spring having to sweep out the hay loft after most of our winters hay was spent. A little dust never hurt no one, it just covers you with a great respect for a nice ra…
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Early spring has come to the old farm. Colors with fragrant scents fill most all of this place we call home. The refreshing part of this cycle is the fact that such a ole friend as spring still comes each year and we still embrace it with the same heart felt intens…
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Thoughts begin to emerge around the old farmhouse as we talk about this years spring garden. Now as winters garden draws closer our sights focus on what comes next. Necessity with need has always driven this farm so plans are important. Whether one considers it sur…
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It`s easy to sit by the old fireplace feeling its warmth watching the flickering flames. Whether early morning or late evening the shadows that make there way along the ceiling and walls of this log homestead continues to offer comfort on any cold day. Many blessin…
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Wintertime is forge time here at the old farm. Forging raw stock whether small or large with old school techniques makes things sing come spring. From repairs to forging out needed items we still carry on the old school blacksmith trade as part of who we are. Our pa…
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It`s Christmas time at the old farm. This time a year a warm fire fills the old farmhouse bringing a connection from the past to the present even though it is a common way with us. Our work continues but for now it is with a much more laid-back feeling. Family is hu…
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Frost covers most of the farm this morning for the last day of this month. Tomorrow is also the last month of the year which brings my thoughts to a much slower pace as the old farm slowly crawls into deep sleep for the winter season. With firewood stacked high and …
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It`s overwintering time here on the old farm. I have been busy tucking and mulching in our spring onions for next year's harvest. Come early spring these fresh sights will find their way onto the table along with many other early vegetables. Around here we still gro…
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Each year at this time when wind comes staying high in the tree tops it brings us the first of colder temperatures. That was the early sounds of yesterday echoing through the south hollow beside the old farmhouse. Today we awake to a snappy crisp morning here on the…
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Our weather temperatures are changing here on the old farm. It's not yet cold enough to start building fires, but cool enough to spend a day or two gathering firewood. With a good stack of wood on the side porch when time comes is just a small sum of what we have st…
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The last hay for the year is stored away in the barn ready to feed hungry farm animals as the advancing season heads this way. With a little more summer to go fall makes a few appearances subtle I might add, but shortly the horizon will change bringing that much nee…
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With a calm and gentle start this day is sure to emerge into a normal day across the old farm. As I look just past the last gate south a new pasture sets against the horizon for tomorrow leading today closer with each step. Chores will get done through out today wit…
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Yes, time does stand still here on historical Old Mule Farms, although there are a few things that change. No doubt that our weather patterns have been changing for years now. For the most part we have been able to adapt along with such making our farm production f…
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You know the only way I have ever known to be able to have something or get something as well as to be able to achieve anything is you have to work for it. There is no excuse for sorry laziness at any age. This old farm was not built on such nor will it ever be. Th…
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Busy has been the normal around here for weeks now. Shuffling through summers heat woven around multiple chores brings most days along at different speeds. Also with the loss of a love one bringing change through open doors that over time will close again just as o…
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