Give the birds a wool blanket!

JS PortApril 4, 2025

The Biggest Fencing Problem

Holy cow, I have a lot of work to do, and for some reason it is more difficult to motivate myself to redo something old than it is to start something new.

MaintenanceJS PortJanuary 15, 2024Maintenance

Are You Sure?

I think the tea section of Prestogeorge is analogous to my life. I’m always so certain I know what I want, and when I get it I realize that I miscalculated on the quantity.

ResponsibilityJS PortJanuary 11, 2024Responsibility

Surveillance Goes Country

“YOU are on camera!” Almost everywhere I look the landscape is looking back.

Rural LivingJS PortJanuary 8, 2024Rural Living, Technology

They Really Do Come Back

Gina and I have been listening to the feline equivalent of WWE RAW during our rest hours for considerably more than a year – we have thrilling stage side bedding.

Self HelpJS PortNovember 13, 2023Self Help

Patches

One of the more hilarious inconsistencies I discovered is that odd human tendency to spend a lot on things we don’t intend to use and to cheap out on the stuff used often.

Mending, ClothesJS PortNovember 1, 2023Mending, Clothes Comments

That Looks Different

It is up to me to clearly explain that landowners can expect a shift in appearance, and that shift is not an indication of disrespect and disorder.

Land ManagementJS PortOctober 9, 2023Land ManagementComment

The Impossible Garden

A good Western Pennsylvania garden is at its most verdant during the second half of February when the plot exists solely in the mind of a gardener long cooped up against the cold.

GardeningJS PortOctober 6, 2023GardeningComment

Fine Print

We go for a drink of pure life and find it polluted.

CommunityJS PortOctober 4, 2023Community, RulesComment

Too Many Ingredients

I wonder when the novelty of that involvedness will wear off and become a life of complicated work with diminishing return and too much competition.

FarmingJS PortOctober 2, 2023FarmingComment

Calving Season

Working with calves is insanity.

Farm Life, Calving SeasonJS PortJuly 27, 2023Farm Life, Calving SeasonComment

All In

I am not a person prone to doing things part way. Consider, as an example, my fashion.

Farm Life, IdeasJS PortJuly 24, 2023Farm Life, Personality, IdeasComment

Amateur Butchery

I am not a good butcher.

Farm Life, Homesteading, ButcheryJS PortJuly 20, 2023Farm Life, Homesteading, ButcheryComment

Enough

“I feel pretty secure having reached this milestone. Other businesses can try as hard as they want but I’m not sure they’ll ever catch us as long as we produce Enough.”

Farm LifeJS PortJuly 17, 2023Farm LifeComment

Calf Pulling

I am not one who considers difficulty a necessary or inherent part of cattle rearing.

Farm LifeJS PortJuly 13, 2023Farm LifeComment

Timesaver

I think it’s plain to see that I’ll soon be kicking back and relaxing with my wife and kids because I’ve worked out such an amazing strategy to save time – it’s just not quite pulled together yet.

Farm Life, TimeJS PortJune 13, 2023Farm Life, TimeComment

Pasturing Poultry

Our hens need a little field time. They do not need only field time.

ChickensJS PortJune 12, 2023ChickensComment

Track Plan

It is not appealing to wake up and focus intently to get the same result as yesterday.

Business PlanningJS PortJune 11, 2023Business PlanningComment

Years

I don’t think there is one person who has abandoned their business as a result of persistent problems that hasn’t been told repeatedly and in plain English that the problems would be there persistently.

Small BusinessJS PortJune 10, 2023Small BusinessComment

Analogies Don't Work

It feels weird taking so much time to explain something so very simple, so we avoid the awkwardness and stick to that wonderful mantra of failure: “Just do what you think is right.”

Communication, Farm LifeJS PortJune 9, 2023Farm Life, CommunicationComment