Our house used to be a farmhouse. The fields around us were all a part of the property and the barn across the street was built by the same guy that built our house, John Brown. Along the way, it was sold off, and our parcel is only 5 acres, including the house, 2 garages,…
The daffodils and tulips have bloomed. The apple tree is flowering. The sun is shining (between the rain showers because it’s Ohio). That means it’s almost time to clean up the woodburner and “pack it up” until the Fall. Then I hear a flutter. And then our gray cat Tom comes to investigate…. That’s right,…
Ohio has had some warm weather recently, throwing us into panic mode. We know Winter weather will show up any day, and living in the country means we rely on propane as our main heating source. Propane is EXPENSIVE! Thankfully, we have a fireplace and 2.5 acres of woods, so we spent the weekend cutting…
Yesterday evening we took out some food leftovers from the kitchen and our little friend Oscar was hanging out with the chickens getting leftovers! He seems to currently be residing under our chicken coop. He didn’t seem to mind us at all coming up to the fence and dropping food. Opossums can be a nuisance,…