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Newsletter #312 2025 Jun 12 Wednesday
A lot of equipment maintenance work, and more on the Sheep Pasture. Things are coming together.
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John Newell
Newsletter #311 2025 Jun 11 Wednesday
What a week! An introduction to raising sheep last Thursday kicked it off, and a great milling job yesterday capped it off.
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John Newell
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Newsletter #310 2025 Jun 04 Wednesday
For the first time since I cannot remember, everything on my Homestead Rebel Farm list for this week was completed, and I added to it. Timothy is on an…
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John Newell
Construction & Management of Solar Kilns
A beauty of solar kilns is that they are very inexpensive to build and require very little management or control; air drying first is highly recommended
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John Newell
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May 2025

Newsletter #309 2025 May 29 Thursday
A very productive week; it ran the gamut from work in the Oxen paddocks, to bottling Pure Maple Syrup, to a milling job, to firewood production for…
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John Newell
Newsletter #308 2025 May 20 Tuesday
A day late, and a dollar short ... that's part of the story. And a lot of changes in the past week and a day, including the arrival of Timothy, our 3rd…
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Newsletter #307 2025 May 14 Monday
What a week, two actually! Very busy spring, which is usual, preparing for our next intern, loads of work in the house, pigs in the woods, and the list…
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John Newell
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20250505 Newsletter Delay
Technical difficulties
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April 2025

Newsletter #306 2025 Apr 28 Monday
F250 glow plugs working, it is now the on-duty truck; no milling jobs this week but three in the queue; the above-ground drinking water system is…
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John Newell
Newsletter #305 2025 Apr 21 Monday
Work on the F250, a milling job with Paul and Nick, and progress on the drinking water system for the Oxen pasture. And more spring flowers!
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John Newell
Globalism & Genesis: A Parallel
The Great Taking is coming; bet on it, prepare for it
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John Newell
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Newsletter #304 2025 Apr 14 Monday
Lots of spring cleaning, F250 repairs, updated chick pics, and a Tart Cherry Pure Maple Syrup update; "5s" in the garage/workshop complete, now to…
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