Penta Sophia

Honeybees are loving the blackberry blooms.

Listening to nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy on RHR. Excited to hear that Phoenix Wallet is coming back to the US App Store. Loved using the wallet before and looking forward to it again. Great company from all I have heard. Completely respect the decisions that were made to temporarily step away from US markets.

That wind is fierce today. Have to respect the power of nature. Took the kids to the basement so if a tornado comes through we don’t have to haul them down in the middle of the night. Stay safe everyone.

Amazing to see how well the baby calf is doing. Born right before the winter storm at beginning of January here in Missouri. Has been getting down to single digits with negative windchill. We let the momma take care of him and he is doing great out in the field. No pampering. He is a great and tough little guy.

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Love seeing the excitement of the cows when they get to fresh grass.

Quote from a recent podcast “heard many times ‘you don’t have to farm how your grandfather did’. But I heard recently the other half of the quote ‘but you shouldn’t forget why your grandfather did what he did’.” This strikes a cord with me. Not because I am part of a multigenerational farm family. But because I see the lack of knowledge passed on because we miss out on generational living. Additionally, it is well documented that farming is a tough business and the level of debts burdening farmers is truly astounding. I wonder how much of this is a direct result of the missing generational knowledge that has been lost over the recent few generations?

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Remember that in the commercial space, no one loses money on their step of the process. It is all factored in somewhere. Homesteaders need to do this too. Either it is a hobby and you are spending money, or all your costs are covered. And I don’t know many people who want to scale up their hobbies to lose more money by selling to more customers.

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The intelligent farmer will first of all raise what he can for the year round needs of his family, and then corn and hogs, or wheat or cotton, or anything else for exchange. Recall the history of the West. First came the Yankee, the Pennsylvanian, the Kentuckian, the Ohioan. In their footsteps followed the German, the Dane, the Swede, and the Irish. They came to the West to establish a home, to make a living for their families - and they did. The land, the atmosphere were most favorable. There was no better spot on God's green earth. They purchased the land. They planned their work and the use of their products. Wheat for the mill and bread, hogs for lard and bacon and meat; cows for milk, butter, and cheese; the calf and beef and sheep were butchered when needed. There were potatoes and vegetables. There were the orchards, the bees, the chickens, the ducks, the geese, and the turkeys. Corn and hay to feed the animals fertilized the land. Every Western farmer produced a surplus that he exchanged with his neighbor or traded at the store for clothing and other material that he could not produce himself. Whatever cash he received was used to pay for his land and for taxes, and he always had a nest egg for a rainy day. He had little cash, but he had independence. He paid his bills, he built and maintained churches. The community in which he lived prospered. The whole nation was better because of his prosperity. -From the book Rural Roads to Security