- Hannah & Jesse.WHAT WE'RE READING.
//// Links we are loving this week ////
ONE: Our friends over at Bootjack Cabin up in Michigan just returned to their off-the-grid cabin after a short trip out of town to find the place in need of some emergency repairs: "Living off the grid isn’t easy, and it is important to take pleasure in the hardships whenever possible."
TWO: The venerable Mark Bittman with another great post about America and our lawn obsession: "Nor are lawns simply benign: many common lawn chemicals are banned in other countries, because most if not all are toxic in a variety of ways. My guess is that 100 years from now, lawns will be about as common as Hummers."THREE: Sustainable Kentucky recently went to see a movie that sounds right up our alley...or would it be river... Wonder: The lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard. FOUR: 30 Rock ends tonight....blerg! NPR has a great article on why Liz Lemon/Tina Fey is truly the best.FIVE: Beautiful photography and lots of inspiration for faaaaar down the road when we are decorating our little cabin - this tumblr is definitely an internet black hole of awesomeness....once you fall in you may wake up hours later, wondering where the time went.- Hannah & Jesse.
image from indoors / outdoors
A REAL ADDRESS!
I just got a phone call from Monroe County Mapping telling us that we now have an official address! At first it didn't seem like a big deal, but as I started saying the number over and over in my head, trying to lock it into memory, I realized that that is home. I can think of at least 9 different addresses I have had in the past...three of those just within this last year! That is a lot of addresses to remember. But this new number- it is our address - not my parents address, not an apartment or a rented piece of land - it is forever. We are so happy to have a real home for Rough Draft Farmstead - 992 Rack Creek Road, Gamaliel, KY, 42140. But don't rush out and send us any mail just yet....we have to build ourselves a mailbox first!- Hannah
EGG vs EGG.
One of the worst parts about being in Nashville this winter is being away from our chickens. Not only do we love them dearly, but let's be honest....we really love their eggs! They are a vital source of protein for us, and we were spoiled on having 15 ladies laying for us every day. Here in the city, a few eggs a day really begins to add up when you are buying them at the store! Is this the place for an "EGGSPENSIVE" pun???After Jesse's last trip to the cabin site, he brought back a truly great gift - eggs from the farm! As an experiment, we cracked one of the Bugtussle eggs next to one of the eggs we bought from the store. You can probably guess which is which.The amazing thing is, that is not a cheap egg. The store-bought egg is an organic, cage-free, yadda yadda whatever egg.....but I mean, LOOK AT IT. The Bugtussle egg is bright orange, the yolk is perfectly entact...it looks healthier. It just goes to show that "organic" has become a strange word, and one that requires some context. Bugtussle is not a certified organic farm....but which egg would you rather eat? Which chicken do you think spends it's days roaming free, pecking through cow manure and eating bugs and mice, free from any sort of confinement or stress?- Hannah.