Demesnedenoir
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We were looking just north of Branson, Ozark area just south of Springfield. Flatter roads. My girls don't like the roller coasters around Table Rock.
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We're about an hour and a half north of Springfield, on Lake Pomme de Terre, and we do our monthly shopping there. Means we're that far from any decent sushi. 
And don't get me started about the broadband. There isn't. We're seriously still on DSL, and if a butterfly farts anywhere near us it goes down.
And don't get me started about the broadband. There isn't. We're seriously still on DSL, and if a butterfly farts anywhere near us it goes down.
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
Friggin' butterflies... and here we plant milkweeds for the friggin' monarchs! I knew the things were evil. I'm not familiar with that lake or the area, though we've certainly driven by.
We're about an hour and a half north of Springfield, on Lake Pomme de Terre, and we do our monthly shopping there. Means we're that far from any decent sushi.
North of Springfield on Lake Potato... You're a Simpsons character, sorry to break it to you.We're about an hour and a half north of Springfield, on Lake Pomme de Terre, and we do our monthly shopping there. Means we're that far from any decent sushi.
On the internet front, that's at least one benefit of living in the most densely-populated non-microstate in Europe. Still, endless woodland would be a nice condolence for that loss.
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Mad Swede
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This is home - and it's been the family home since 1550 (no, the house, barn and outbuildings aren't original, no thanks to the Danes). The lake, 70m deep, is in the trees behind me. Yes, it does have fiber broadband. And right now the lake is frozen and the fields and forest are covered in over a metre of snow.
Why do all writers here have homesteads? Tell me your eldritch ways right this second and let me partake in the bucolic glory! It's a rural conspiracy.
Finchbearer
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Okay I’m definitely not jealous of all you lot who are living the good life. Maybe I can contribute by saying that although I live in a typical broom cupboard sized house (I actually really love my house) I do rent a 125 Sq M plot of land not far from my house where I manage to do all of my homesteading dicking around - no buying supermarket onions for us! But seriously idyllic lives people! Is this the secret to a published book/s because all those who live in the middle of nowhere, have…
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
You had me right up until the snow, heh heh. But I think I could handle it.
pmmg
Myth Weaver
No home steading here. Small house, all paid off. No kids. Not a bad place for just two. Food lion keeps us alive .
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Well, it explains the hair.
*drops to knees, pleading* How do you stop the bloody deer from eating the onions... and absolutely every other food-ish plant I've tried. Now that we have actual sunshine (none to be found in our old house) Ihave roses, but they defend themselves. I have to let the dogs out every time I catch them in my petunias. Rotten brats.
We had to put up a temporary fence around the garden to keep the moose out. Aplastic mesh thing about four feet high. We didn't do that for the potato patch, as the moose left those alone.
These days - after having two greenhouses collapse - my gardening is a row of plastic tubs on the balcony. The main crops are a kind of salad mix for sandwiches and radishes. Had a couple of tomato plants going, but in these parts, you need a greenhouse for them...and for cucumbers...and corn...
pmmg
Myth Weaver
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
And here I found deer annoying! Moose must have some big bellies to fill. We finally got a 50-foot gothic arched grow tunnel, which helps with a lot of critters. We had a good, heavy snow this year, and it survived. Round might've came down, but the gothic bend adds a lot of strength. One of my favorite photos from around home... I call it "Hide the Tractor" after a storm. The other is the house getting a new roof after a storm that same season, LMAO. Somehow, I tend to have photos of bad stuff! Oh wait! The crane... This bird has been flying over the house for years, south in the morning and north in the afternoon. On this day, it decided to stop and check us out.
We hit a cow.
A few months before we moved, we seriously hit a cow with our van. It was raining and very dark, so when Jenny saw the brown cow jogging down the highway - back woods highway, but still not cow path - she was just barely able to swerve around it.
Never stood a chance of seeing the black cow trotting along in front.
Let me just say that cows are extremely large and my wife has supernatural reflexes that not even the ones beaten into me can surpass. She swerved and we did not nail the cow head-on.
We slapped it in the ass with my mirror. Its rump was even with my van-riding shoulder. Mirror immediately imbedded in the door. Cow let out an annoyed bellow and kept trotting down the highway.
Sometimes I see them looking at us over the fence as we drive past.
"Pics or it didn't happen!"
Moo.
A few months before we moved, we seriously hit a cow with our van. It was raining and very dark, so when Jenny saw the brown cow jogging down the highway - back woods highway, but still not cow path - she was just barely able to swerve around it.
Never stood a chance of seeing the black cow trotting along in front.
Let me just say that cows are extremely large and my wife has supernatural reflexes that not even the ones beaten into me can surpass. She swerved and we did not nail the cow head-on.
We slapped it in the ass with my mirror. Its rump was even with my van-riding shoulder. Mirror immediately imbedded in the door. Cow let out an annoyed bellow and kept trotting down the highway.
Sometimes I see them looking at us over the fence as we drive past.
"Pics or it didn't happen!"
Moo.
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Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
Moose...
I have hit a couple of moose while behind the wheel.
The first was...thirty years ago. I was coming back from a job site in the early AM. Said moose was *in town* in the middle of a five-lane highway. I saw it and turned one way while slowing down. Moose turned the same way. I turned in the other direction. So did the moose. Then it was too late. I hit it in the butt at about 10 mph. The moose ran off and I was left with a dented hood.
The second time, I was a driver for a van service. I was in a line of traffic on a two-lane road. I had the four-second gap between me and the vehicle ahead of me. Unfortunately, the moose tried running across the road at the 1-second mark. I didn't even have time to hit the brakes before the moose hit the windshield. By the time I got off the phone with the boss, not only was the tow truck there, but the roadkill people were cutting up the carcass.
These days, the mommy moose bring their babies to my yard. _Apparently they deem it 'safe.' I got a pic or three of that if I could figure out how to post them.
I have hit a couple of moose while behind the wheel.
The first was...thirty years ago. I was coming back from a job site in the early AM. Said moose was *in town* in the middle of a five-lane highway. I saw it and turned one way while slowing down. Moose turned the same way. I turned in the other direction. So did the moose. Then it was too late. I hit it in the butt at about 10 mph. The moose ran off and I was left with a dented hood.
The second time, I was a driver for a van service. I was in a line of traffic on a two-lane road. I had the four-second gap between me and the vehicle ahead of me. Unfortunately, the moose tried running across the road at the 1-second mark. I didn't even have time to hit the brakes before the moose hit the windshield. By the time I got off the phone with the boss, not only was the tow truck there, but the roadkill people were cutting up the carcass.
These days, the mommy moose bring their babies to my yard. _Apparently they deem it 'safe.' I got a pic or three of that if I could figure out how to post them.
Thinker, see the Attach files button on the bottom left of the text pane? That's how.
Or, you can bring the pics up in your File Explorer, Copy them one at a time, and then paste one at a time into the text pane. Wherever you leave your cursor is where they will appear.
Or, you can bring the pics up in your File Explorer, Copy them one at a time, and then paste one at a time into the text pane. Wherever you leave your cursor is where they will appear.
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Malik
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We put up a 7' fence on a 4-6' boulder wall around the garden. And if they're on the property during deer season, I put one in the freezer.
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Demesnedenoir
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That's nice! Love the stone look. Local stone? We have dirt, which is great for putting in fence posts, but boulders cost a fortune in these parts.