Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much. Helen Keller Urbana is a small little community located in the mid-west. Centrally located within driving distance from Pomme de Terre Lake, Lake of the Ozarks, Branson, and Kansas City, Urbana was once a thriving town. Established soon after the close of the…
Gardening Level 17, Unlocked. During the last Gardening Level, the weeds won. Between a very rainy spring and early summer, my very demanding day job, and hustling kids to all their activities – I could not stay ahead of the weeds. We managed to pull some amazing produce from the garden and put away a…
Umm… what do I do about this? I have it on good authority that, according to the folks who share our fence line, these things are “good eating.” I, however, as a transplanted city girl will have to take their word for it. I draw the line at rodents of unusual size as nourishment. I…
Pigs broke out of their pin and were feasting on spring grass in my front yard. Took three city kids, one city woman, and a farm dog to convince them to go back into the barn! When we first moved to our ranch, to say I was a fish out of water was an understatement!…
One year after we started this crazy adventure I looked back at all that we, mostly Tom, accomplished. We cleaned up fields, re-fenced most of the 46 acres, bought pigs (and were patiently awaiting our first litter of piglets), raised chickens and two turkeys (including one jerk rooster), raised two ducks (who have since moved…