The groove in the mud on the far right here is what I call the "Rut of Despair". It was carved out by a large bull dozer pulling our trailer and if the truck goes down it stuckness will happen.

Our latest strategy of blocking the entrance with huge chunks of gravel is working for now.

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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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