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Posted on January 1, 2018January 2, 2020

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Rolling with the Challenges on the Farm May 13, 2022
Gemba Walk after Mowing May 8, 2022
The Food Forest is Growing April 29, 2022
Why You Probably Aren’t Planting a Garden / You Can Farm April 24, 2022
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Some days are easier than others. Being flexible helps turn a frustrating day into a productive and happy one!

Rolling with the Challenges

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Lets take a walk and check on the progress at the farm as of March 15th, 2022. We'll also take a look at my progress towards becoming a better farmer!

Gemba Walk after Mowing

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Improve Your Food Security

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Lets walk through and take a look at every campsite in the Family Camping area. If you are trying to figure out which site to select. This might be a good start. I also take you down the connector trail from the camping area to the picnic area and lake. This isn't an exciting video at all, but if you are planning to camp at Millpond State Park then it should help you select a site. It really is a nice place to camp with campsites that are a nice distance from each other. Enjoy!

Tour of Family Camping Area at Millpond State Park, NC

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Join me as I walk down the trail from the family camping area to the picnic area at Merchants Millpond State Park in NC. Its a great place to camp and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Lets talk about the downstream effects of censorship. How cultural tropes like "don't talk about race or religion" make it easy for censorship to take hold and destroy a country.

Hike and Talk #2 - How Not Talking Politics and Religion Leads to Economic Ruin

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Welcome to Troublesome Gap2

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Join us for a quick tour of what you will find when you get to the campsite!

Welcome to Troublesome Gap

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Consistently putting in a modest effort is the way to succeed. I started consistently working out in 2015. Over time my diet has also improved. I’m still a long way from “eating clean” but I’m more aware now of what I’m eating and how much.

It is important to note that I don’t usually workout for the sake of fitness alone. My efforts to stay fit are designed to

1) improve my quality of life
2) enable me to participate in outdoor and athletic activities

It is also important to note that I work out about 45 minutes, 3 times a week. Depending on my schedule, I’ll supplement that with walking, and sometimes running. I’m making a small investment of my time, but it yields good results. I try to maximize the effects of my efforts by doing these 2 things:

consistently working out over an long period of time and avoid skipping workouts if at all possible
aware of what I eat and make good small decisions on a constant basis (this is the hardest part for me and I don’t always succeed)
Diets don’t work in the long run, because you can’t be consistent in the long run. Instead what changes can you make that are changes that you can maintain. I have a long way to go on my personal dietary choices, but I’ve managed to maintain a comfortable weight.

With all the craziness going on the in world, one of the things that you can control is your physical fitness and what / how much you eat. Stress exacerbates many things including the effects of poor physical fitness and an overweight condition. If times get tough, then starting out a crisis in good physical condition is a very good thing.

2021 07 04 Prepare by Getting in Better Shape

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More and more people are concerned about food security. A few years ago, the concept of food security was relegated to discussions of the distance food traveled to reach the grocery store. The United States is awakening to the terrible fact that politics impacts your ability to obtain food for your family. We watch as federal, often state and local governments, put misguided ideologies in place instead of comment sense. Don't be a victim of malicious and power hungry people who seem to want more and more power over you. They take control so they can have power.

You can take that power back. Raise part of your food. Backyard chickens are a great way to do that. Self-reliance is now critical to protecting your family from the whims or politicians who want to rule your life and will do anything to have power over you, including taking away your food. This would have sounded crazy a few years ago, but after the last year, it just doesn't seem all that far fetched.

A great way to raise part of your food is backyard chickens and ducks. Homegrown eggs are wonderful and nutritious. Listen into this podcast as we discuss the practical differences between chickens and ducks and geese when it comes to raising your own food.

Chickens vs Ducks vs Geese - Choose Which are Right for You

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