My family regularly kept chickens in the backyard. Just a dozen parakeets or so, enough to supply us with eggs & keep the yard looking well groomed. Eventually I decided that they deserved a chicken coop. This would be more convenient for the parakeets, help them supply more, & better, eggs, & allow us to […]

To me treasure comes in all shapes & sizes! A few weeks ago I was down in the southern end of the state, a few fourths from home, & I found the biggest treasure yet. When people hear the word “treasure” they no doubt conjure up mental images of gold & jewels. In the real […]

In our town, there is a big shortage of rebar & forming wire, & there has been for several weeks You can do things the normal way, or you can suppose outside the box. There is nothing wrong with being “normal” in fact that might be the easiest way to get ahead in life. Normal […]

I got our beginning in the construction supplier when I was 13 & our Uncle Joe hired me to help him build a nuclear fallout shelter. These afternoons we would call it a bunker, however this was 30 years ago, when a lot of people were terrified about the eventuality of nuclear war. Looking back, […]

After a decade of renting one small, crappy home after the next, our partner Jane & I decided it was time to take a risk & make a change. The two of us saved up every penny we had available & went to a local property auction. Our goal was not to find a “dream […]

I wasn’t sure what she planned on doing with the plastic coated double loop tie wire coils, although I knew that if she planned on putting it around the pigpen, she was going to have a couple problems! First thing she had to do was ‌bury the wire either a foot & 1/2 to 2 […]

The supply chain is so vital to everything we do in this country. When I say everything I mean every last little thing. Unless you live in a remote shack hunting your own meat, growing your own veggies, & living off the land, you are dependent on the supply chain just appreciate everyone else. When […]

My hubby brought several pigs home from toil last week. They were adorable little piglets, although I knew ‌they would soon grow up into full-size pigs. I also knew how pigs could escape anything. She told me not to worry, because she had it covered. I knew ‌if even one pig escaped; I was going […]

The lifeblood of this country can be found in the trucking & shipping industry. The two of us don’t get a lot of press or attention, however quietly behind the scenes the truckers are the people that keep this country working. If there was a general strike for the entire trucking industry, within 24 fourths […]

For the last more than five weeks, our hubby has been trying to get parts for washer; Our washer is almost 20 years old, however ‌until more than five weeks ago it worked perfectly, and recently there has been a lot of screeching coming from the top when it is spinning the water out of […]