- dp
- Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States
- My wife of 24 years and I and our four children live on 57 acres in South Central Kentucky. We grow as much of our own food as possible. We tend a large garden during the summer, raise small fields of corn and wheat when able, and care for various animals (currently a horse, a steer, and two cats). I am building a home for us, a timber frame straw bale house, without incurring any debt. We live as frugally as possible and debt-free. I spent many years in school and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education. Because of this I am able to teach for a university online each semester, earning enough money to pay our bills without needing to leave home. We homeschool our children. We are believers in and followers of Messiah Yeshuah, and we also observe God's seventh day Sabbath and His annual holy days/festivals.
My family and I began our adventure in homesteading in Spring 2003 on 57 acres of God's beautiful creation in South-Central Kentucky. My wife and our four children are blessed to work and play together each day, learning and growing as we become more self-sufficient. In the pages of this blog, New Kentucky Homestead, we are glad to share some of our living adventure.
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My Blog List
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Living in the Moment - In a phone conversation with my 75 year old father yesterday morning he commented that he needs to plan his next vacation trip this fall instead of wa...5 days ago
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New winter sowing method without the fuss - What if the plastic-milk-jug method of winter sowing isn’t the only way—or even the best way—to get a jump start […]
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Tips on How to Detect Hidden Water Leaks - [image: Drip drop]Whether you own your own home or live in a rented home, you may find yourself lying awake in the dead of night, listening to the dripping...5 years ago
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Gardening In The Nude (or New Use For Rhubarb) - . From Gene Logsdon {Repost} One of the greatest mysteries of life for me is society’s ambivalence about the naked human body. People line up by the hundre...6 years ago
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Walking the Talk part II. What WAS Wrong with Jane? - I had high hopes for a long life for Jane when she was born. But sadly, that wasn’t to be. A family cow is a special part of a farmstead. I really, I mea...7 years ago
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Photo Sunday - Sometimes it's just fun to study the photo and see how it makes you feel. Sunday is the day of rest and we pray you enjoy some photos of things from our w...7 years ago
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The final straw - This year has been a nightmare for me. Just as I was finally getting a tiny bit ahead, all manner of hell broke loose here. The job loss, the kids prob...8 years ago
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TBF 147 :: The Not How To Episode, Other News, and a Hard Lesson Learned - ***As I transition to www.TheBeginningFarmer.com I am quickly realizing I'm not as web savvy as I had hoped! In the meantime I will be posting here as wel...8 years ago
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The final post. - I don't know if anyone is still following this blog since it's been so long since I posted here, but I'm gonna make a final post anyway. Throughout those y...9 years ago
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Video walk through–January 16, 2016 - I thought a short video showing the floors as they look with a coat of oil would be appropriate. So, here it is:9 years ago
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Berikan Kekuatan to Arms Anda dan Jantung dengan Kopi Tangan Grinder - Pada kesempatan off bahwa Anda adalah pasangan kafein, penggiling tangan kopi adalah mesin yang Anda benar-benar tidak bisa mengelola tanpa. Kemudian lagi...9 years ago
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What Happened to 2014? - I know that there are some of you that check back from time to time, thinking that maybe, just maybe, I’ll put up a new post. It has been...10 years ago
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Remember Remember - Just sayin: (we even had fireworks) This month we had 4 french canadians wwoofing with us, and it was pretty damn awesome actually. They were hard workers...10 years ago
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Maggie and the Fox - Maggie caught a fox in the yard last week. I think Maggie was trying to play with it! But it ran under the deck and hid. Maggie waited (and tried to get...12 years ago
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Springing forward in sunny Maine ~ - How quickly the seasons change here.....we went from a little snow and chilly temps to 85 degrees and full summer weather! An entire 7 days of awesome wea...13 years ago
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I am running for US Representative in the Fourth Congressional District of Kentucky - No someone hasn't hacked my timber frame blog. I am running for United States Congress. If you have followed my blog over the years, or if you just found...13 years ago
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The End - We have decided to let this blog go inactive, but hope that it continues to be a valuable archive of our homesteading experiences. Thank you to all of tho...15 years ago
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Sirloin Tips... my favorite natural grass fed beef recipe - This is one of my favorite recipes for "lean" grass fed beef because it circumvents two potential problems: 1. Lean grass fed beef leaves very little margi...15 years ago
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Even the Death of a Chicken is Sad - [image: Rocky and Baby] Last night one of our bantam hens died. Little Rocky (she was a barred-rock bantam). We are not sure what caused her death, our roos...16 years ago
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