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I live on 14.5 acres in Amish country in Ohio. I have raised chickens, turkeys, ducks, rabbits & sheep. I’ve planted cherries, hazelnuts, peaches, mulberries, paw paws, apples, pears & nectarines. I garden (badly) but I am learning more every year. I work remotely for a bank as a mortgage underwriter- fingers crossed I am still doing that when you read this. I hunt on my land - have gotten 5 deer since I moved out here. Into everything homesteading.

TBF there’s only one way to remain in 2025 & it’s not a pretty option

Just emphasizes how important she was & how incredibly special she was. Just be thankful that she ended up in your life as you were the one who could appreciate her.

Yep, I did that on cookie making day too. Cookie serving day I exceeded that. Gonna have to hit that elliptical hard in January

Mr brother is into taxidermy, me not so much. We did do the preliminary work for some sheep a few years back, but didn’t send it out for final processing. Ended up throwing the hides away.

Nice!!! I made my cookies last week & froze them. At this point in time I’ve already eaten too many of them. Going into a sugar coma soon…

It’s super tasty - had some with breakfast today as I am only having a few for the actual meal. Didn’t need the 2nd loaf

Oof. Worst we ever had was a nephew who had the stomach flu on the holiday. I’m one of those people who is highly susceptible to such a thing & spent the weekend with my face in a place that was not made for my face. Gotta love that holiday chaos!

Worked hard to get it Foto, but I am sitting in a fiat mine right now so it’s not all fun & games

Some might - but the grinch isn’t invited here, only the Who’s who will celebrate no matter what

We baked it - it blew up in a way bread never has for me before. It smells & looks amazing!

Morning Maria - merry Christmas to you too!

There’s always something that you forget, over/under cook or that just doesn’t turn out. Just go with it & enjoy yourself!

Still better than X as it’s not feeding me content it’s letting me explore & determine it

Really will, don’t know if they’ll enjoy me as much, but I live for these days. lol

Morning Nostriches!

Todays pond report is busy! Already hit the elliptical, showered, started laundry, formed 2 loaves of bread from dough that fermented overnight & started a ferment on a sourdough based coffee cake. Love holiday chaos! Gonna have 2 nights of family & then when they’re gone 2 nights of in laws. Something about this time of year just makes me so happy

#coffeechain

We processed our 1st few ourselves too. It is a real experience, you pick up some skills after a few. You get better at it

I’ve never thought of doing that with oil. How effective is that? For, let’s say, cooking oil?

I’m jelly, still haven’t come up this season