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Let’s discuss “Politicians”: The photo above is of a plastic fence insulator. Note that it’s meant for nailing to a wooden fencepost. Most insulators are meant to “snap on” to metal posts instead of wood. Buy the right kind. They … Continue reading →

Roughly 50% of funny homesteading stories start with “livestock broke out of the fence and then…” Whether the livestock gets in the road, craps on the neighbor’s Prius, or invades France, something weird usually ensues. It always happens at 2:00 … Continue reading →

Eventually I found a place that had cheap (Chinese made?) gates on sale. They were about half the cost of the original gates. All I needed to do was drive 50 miles round trip, buy gates that were 1 3/4” … Continue reading →

My corral has seen better days but it was my intended pig containment area. It is ugly but basically sound. Oh whoops, didn’t I mention the gates? The locusts took every gate out of the corral! (When I say they … Continue reading →

Yesterday I posted satire: The satirical ad was utterly ridiculous. We all laughed. Why? Because the target is prime for it. Congress needs an enema. Watch this: It’s a video of Rep Hank Johnson (D-GA) March 10th, 2010. He’s asking … Continue reading →

My gateless corral, all show and no go, was an insult to agriculture and as far as I’m concerned, civilization itself. Continue reading →

Hat tip to Borepatch and Silicon Valley Redneck.

Call me a dinosaur or a moron but it is not good that livestock be on social media. Not good at all. Continue reading →

Last winter, as it always does, tried to kill us all. The weather broke just before I did. When I could take no more and the snowblower was dead and the pony trailer was on flats and the woodpile was … Continue reading →

She smiled, well aware she’d scored a direct hit on the combination of greed and bacon frenzy seething through my brain. Continue reading →