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Continuation of “10 Things We Can Learn from the Amish” – Part 1 The Amish Embrace Simplicity The Amish do not spend their days keeping up with the Joneses, or the Yoders, as it may be. The chronic pursuit of the next best thing isn’t something the Amish concern themselves with. We “English” folk are [...]
As we consider what’s wrong with our economy today, I think it makes sense to examine a sub-culture that shares few of the issues we deal with in today’s society….the Amish. I have long been a fan of the Amish. Over 15 years ago, I discovered the ways of the Amish as we live about [...]
Oh, love me some precious farm babies!! In our attempt to achieve a few of our own farm babies this year, we’ve been trying to breed our dairy does without much luck. For some reason, my does do not make it obvious (as they are supposed to!) that they are “in season” or ready to [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to ALL! Here’s hoping that your Thanksgiving was full of peace, rest and pumpkin pie! :) After many years of feeding this crew, which was light this year actually as we usually have our oldest daughter and son-in-law with us, I’ve just about got it down to a science. Once the bird is [...]
Small businesses comprise a significant portion of the US economy! ”Small Business Saturday” is this week! The 2nd annual “Small Business Saturday“® is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. On November 26, we’re asking millions of people to shop small at their favorite local stores [...]
Photo credit Does your community celebrate with festivals? You know, I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but here in the Ohio Valley, we celebrate food. All year long, as crops come into season, we have festivals to showcase that crop and man, do we showcase! Perhaps one of the most anticipated is the [...]
We’ve had a lot of questions about our decision to purchase a herd of donkeys last week. Rightfully so, not everyone becomes “donkey farmers”! Our decision to purchase Peanut Butter, Arabella, Heather, Midnight, Rosa, Nel, baby “no name”, Whistler and Leah didn’t happen overnight. As a matter of fact, when we began looking at miniature [...]
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