I began homesteading in the early 1980’s. I presently live on 11 acres. I have Nigerian Dwarf Goats, KuneKune Pigs, bees, and an assortment of chickens. My driveway is the boundary between zones 6a and 6b. Annual rainfall for me is at 46 inches. I don’t consider myself an expert on anything. I am thoroughly enjoying myself in the adventure I created for myself.
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This is difficult to deal with without actually seeing and touching the floor. I have used a buffer with coarse sandpaper successfully. But the floor was mixed and poured by am amateur and was crumbly.
I just spoke with one of the few people I know that I would designate as a friend. He has two cancerous masses in his colon. I am an RN, I know the medical backstory, but it simply is not good news.
I wasted an entire raised bed last summer trying to raise some pie pumpkins without success. I found the problem when I was digging in the bed getting it ready for spring. There must have been a labeling problem on the package, all the plants had square roots.
My wife told me she would help me do some of the winter garden work this morning, but she never showed. When I got back to the house she was sitting on the sofa in her bare feet. She was still trying to find her garden hose.
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