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New Tractor, Putting Up Blackberry Trellis and A-Frames
Getting a farm up and going has been a big project. Sometimes it seems like the world has gone crazy, but on the farm there is a peace and serenity. We’re getting ready for growing season and the...
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2022 Spring Homestead Experience
What a busy few days. When it comes to homesteading there is always a lot to learn and share. We worked on the following: installed an anti-deer fenceinstalled 15 elderberry plants with a...
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Getting Ready for Spring – Putting Down Hay and Weedblocker
The weather on Saturday was kinda crazy. It started out fairly warm and then just kept getting colder. Sometimes You Can’t Do What You Plan We had planned to plant beets, peas and radish. The plan was...
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Meanwhile on the farm, mayapples and the preparations continue..
The Mayapples are up and thriving. We noticed the fruit starting to form. We are hoping to try the fruit this year, assuming we can beat the deer and raccoons from eating it first. Mayapples patch The...
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Almost Time to Plant
It is the time of year where you never know if it is going to be an 80 degree day or a 40 degree day. We are still getting ready to start planting our summer garden. This was also the first time I...
View ArticleRough Draft – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
The work on the emergency communications plan is moving forward. Our plan covers two main contingencies: team is deployed to an emergency site team is not deployed but there is an emergency One of our...
View ArticleInterview with Niti Bali – Food Church founder
I’m taking a class called “Insights for Innovation” with IDEO. Part of that class is doing interviews for developing empathy and better understanding customers. Niti was the perfect person to...
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State of the Farm and Pictures from This Week
This has been a busy week on the farm. We try to give a semi-annual update that talks about what is going on at the farm in detail. We’ve also been working this week on our potatoes, developing the...
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What I Learned by Taking the IDEO Insights for Innovation Class
I just finished the Insights for Innnovation Class. This a wonderful class. We concentrated on observing, interviewing and developing customer insights. Walk with me though the podcast as I share what...
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Class Project – IDEO Insights for Innovation
Join me as I share my class project in this podcast. First we created a challenge. The challenge guides the project. How might we create experiences and farm products for potential customers that...
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Camping on the Farm
It was nice to have a weekend where we just enjoyed camping on the farm, without working. The grilled creation was cooked over the fire in the black cast iron cookers. The shell was made of corn dog...
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Honey from the Farm
We have honey ready to ship or for local pickup. We are so excited. This honey is raw and from our farm. This is the first time we’ve ever had honey for sale. Contact us for local pick up or visit...
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Why Go Camping?
So, you’ve almost decided to go camping; but you’re wondering what you can expect. Will there be stress or relaxation? You may experience physical pain from usually unused muscles, or perhaps the...
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Church Men’s Group Brainstorming Session
A local church wants to develop a community of men through events that resonate with the community and meet the needs of local men and also men within the church. After some mens events that really...
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Chapter 2 – Types of Camping
Check out my books on camping There are many different levels of engagement when you’re camping. Anywhere between an epic adventure like Man vs. Wild or perhaps one where more creature comforts are...
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Chapter 3 – Finding Priceless Moments
Remember the Meme on Pinterest that I talked about in the first chapter? It showed a Prius at the top of the image, and at the bottom a Jeep in the desert sitting on the crest of a hill, in front of a...
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Join us for Simply Us Farm Tour Day!
Every year we do a farm tour on Simply Us Farm. This is a great chance to meet the farmers and see the farm. We’ll show you our work in progress and talk about how we do regenerative farming. Farm...
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Chapter 4 – Importantance of Traditions
While camping, one thing you’ll end up developing are traditions. Some are big, some are gigantic, some are small, but all are valuable. How to build traditions. Over time, enjoyable repeated...
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Scenes While Just Mowing the Grass
Sometimes the moment is just enough. I am a blessed man. #foogallery-gallery-7846 .fg-image { width: 10000px; }
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Digital Detox
We had the opportunity to spend the weekend at Troublesome Gap. It was nice to get away and also nice to enjoy camping on a campsite that I had the opportunity to design. The campsite has 100%...
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