The sun came out to join the summer weather. A perfect day for laundry.

The herd decided to help me out, nibbling on dried-up cattails and fresh honeysuckle while I operated the wringer. Abigail also came over to take a look at some laundered rags, but she soon decided the cartoons are wrong --- goats don't like fabric.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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