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Newsletter #318 2025 Jul 31 Thursday
Firewood, pastures fencing, meat birds and pigs updates, oxen, you name it; it's a busy time. Several videos this week, shorts, as I made the rounds.
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John Newell
Newsletter #317 2025 Jul 23 Wednesday
Meat bird chicks arrive, first woven wire fencing installed, firewood, and a lot of brush/tree clearing, and Geri hosts an over-the-top birthday…
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John Newell
Newsletter #316 2025 Jul 16 Wednesday
The focus has been on Firewood, and coincidentally (not) cleanup of the Oxen and Sheep pastures. The goal of all of this cleanup is to get the ~12.7…
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John Newell
Newsletter #315 2025 Jul 10 Thursday
What a week. Breakdowns and repairs seemed to be the order of the day, right up to today. And Grok got a "mind" of his own, for a little while.
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John Newell
Newsletter #314 2025 Jul 03 Wednesday
The Rancher 460 is back in operation, as is the Log Splitter; Timothy is on a tear with the Firewood project; Farmhouse basement rehab in process; happy…
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John Newell
Newsletter #313 2025 Jun 25 Wednesday
A small engine repair, a tire replacement, kiln dry lumber, and great progress in the Sheep Pasture. God is good. One hiccup, too. Not good.
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John Newell
Newsletter #312 2025 Jun 18 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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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
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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