My great grandfather was Preacher Levi Bates. He was married to Elizabeth “Lizzie” McKibben Bates. They had 8 children. My…
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How To Build a Pigdiminium
My brother jokes that Blake and I should write a book on how to start a farm without any tools…
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First Animals on Elizabeth Acres
My great grandparents had all kinds of animals on their farm, from cows to pigs, chickens, mules and possibly others….
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Gingham Gallery
Gingham Gallery My mother was Martha Stewart before Martha Stewart even knew who she was! As I had said in…
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Fence Progress
Fence Progress Well… the pasture fence is up and now we are working to make a small paddock for the…
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Elizabeth Acres
Wow… where do I begin? There’s so much to tell you about Elizabeth Acres! Blake and I live on some…
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