When I got home from dropping Dakota and Callie off at school, Katie was coming in from bottle feeding the lambs and kids. Then Katie helped feed the rabbits this morning while I milked Elanore. We also have 7 new kits from Trixie. They are so cute, tiny little squiggles in a cloud of soft bunny fur.
Today is also the 13th anniversary of the May 3rd tornados that ravaged the Oklahoma City area and spawned 53 confirmed tornados. That evening we stayed at my parents house and ended up in their neighbors cellar for a while when the storms came into our area. Soon after we purchased and installed our own in ground storm shelter. Since then we have spent time in our shelter when tornado producing storms near and I am so thankful for having it available to protect our family and friends.
The question was posed on Facebook "what does modern homesteading mean to you?"
For me it means being more self sufficient, by producing our own meats, milks, vegetables, and fruits. Eliminating commercially produced convience foods, by canning, freezing and dehydrating our own "fast" foods. We have a huge garden, lots of fruit trees, raise pigs for pork, chickens for the eggs, goats and sheep for milk and meat, rabbits for meat and income, horses for mowing and fertilizer as well as pleasure. I am teaching my children how to take care of the land, animals and preserve the bounty we are blessed with.
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