[Homestead] Anybody here???

roxann roxann at ancientearthwisdom.com
Mon Feb 2 09:36:33 EST 2009


Hi Bob,

Both of the outside dogs have igloo-type houses on the porch with hay inside. But they rarely sleep in them. Mostly, I find the great pyr under the tree on the hill overlooking the valley. He either lays in the leaves or on the rubber mats in front of the hitching post that I have for the horses. He's cold hardy, has two layers of fur- an outer longer hair and an inner short fur. The other dog is a little more cold sensitive, but still splashes through the creek even when it's icy, so she's fine out there too. 

As for cooking, I have a little more luxury now, lol. We dug out the camp stove and put on a propane bottle so now we have actual burners. I had to stay overnight at work Friday night to catch up on lost time, and left my 12 yrold son in charge of making biscuits on the woodstove, since he'd seen me do it every day so far and was the one in charge of stoking the fire to keep it hot enough. well, apparently he gave everyone a scare when he took charge...the oldest walked into the room and the woodstove was cherry red from being overhot and my youngest was busy slaving away, flipping biscuits to keep them from burning. That's when hubbie promptly found the gas stove. No harm done, but it will be a memory they'll keep forever, I think.

Still now power and no trucks in site in my area. They're too busy still working the more populated spots.

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)


 -------Original Message-------
 From: bobf <bobford79 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [Homestead] Anybody here???
 Sent: 01 Feb '09 22:18
 
 Hi Roxanne, thanks for the update.  I'm curious about one of your dogs (not the jack russel).  You said the big dog was totally an outside dog.  What do you do for the outside dog when the weather is frigid and you have ices-storms?
 
 p.s.  Are you still enjoying cooking only with the woodstove?
 
 


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