Well its about 35 degrees out and its getting colder. I have been working every moment I have at home…wish I could farm full time right now…seems like the amount of work continues to pile up. I get to a place where I clear off some things and then new ones pop up.

Currently I am behind in the tilling of the plot #4 (the one you seen me tilling in the video) however, since that video I have fixed the tiller and it is now working like a charm. I have decided to grow grains this year also so that we can have oats (for cereal and rabbit and chicken ration) and wheat (to grind into flour). So I have renamed the plots to 1 through 4 with plot 3 being my original small garden. I am in the middle of drawing up a scale drawing of the property so when that is finished I will show it to ya’ll.

I am trying to plan every stage so that when I have small amounts of time available (because I work 35 miles from home and dont have lots of time at night after work before its dark), I can go full throttle at one thing and clear it off my plate.

We have just traded in our 99 Chevy S10 for a 03 Ford focus. Now I got to come up with just enough money to get an old truck…cause I cant do much farming without a way to haul stuff. Now while I typically do not like Fords, I do like the gas mileage this one gets and it was the only vehicle in our price range. We left the parking lot NOT OWING A THING!

This is the new focus of my life. “Owe no man anything” Now while I cant do that over night…I can certainly work towards it as best as I can. People dont know it but when you are in debt you have NO say about your life. You are bound by your Job, your freedom is lost and once your are in the “System”, you are lucky if you can ever swim your way out of that rapid river.

I have been very political here lately, only because I believe, as did the ancestors before me (not mine) that I do not want the government taking care of me…when you do that, you will loose your freedom. People fought to be independent of government during the revolution and the set up a document, the constitution, to protect people from the government. But people being fearful, just as the Israelites did when they wanted a King, gravitate to worry about security rather than freedom. Its freedom first, then security, because freedom will produce security but security will produce bondage.

To me this statement says it all.

I will be posting some video soon for the 3rd Episode of MyerstownTV and it will have me building a door and then creating some hand forged hardware (door handle and latch). So stay tuned.