HOMESTEADING IN TENNESSEE

. The vet confirmed on Friday that Rita was bred. We were going out of town on Saturday, so Sunday was the earliest we could go pick her up....

. Rachel had a few corrections to the last post: The lady said a little under a gallon each milking (as to the confusion). We asked if she m...

. Rita was listed as a jersey/guernsey cross at $800. When Rachel called about her, we found out she'd been recently bred to a guernsey...

. Never got above freezing today, and there's a 2" thick layer of ice over all the water in our water barrels. We had to bust throu...

. Bitter cold yesterday with flurries and 20 mph winds. I barely got anything done construction-wise on the barn. The snow began to stick to...

. Rachael took a bunch of photos with her ipod - the quality isn't great, but I'll post them soon. Everything is so phenomally busy ...

. Still no pictures - I'll try to get some tomorrow morning. Spent all of Christmas Day under the cabin insulating the addition floor wi...