With the loss of my spouse 5 months ago, I quickly discovered that if I wanted to stay on this “half-block small town homestead”, I was going to have to be brave and learn new skills. In the first 30 days I had to learn to run our zero turn radius mower, and the chainsaw. Watching you tube videos helped tremendously. I’ve made through most of the summer without traumatic injury, albeit the mower required repair from my apparent over aggressive techniques. I had numerous toe curling near misses, and weedeating had been one of my least liked chores, so the half block isn’t very picturesque. My garden was merely 3 small raised beds, two of badly neglected tomatoes and one of similarly neglected strawberries 🍓. Grieving took far more energy than I could have imagined. I am still trying to find the energy to get things started and completed. I hope I figure it out soon.
Life on Chicken Creek 