April 17, 2012
Bill
Today we welcomed our new flock of 12 Guineas to Creek Side Cabin Farm (CSCF).
We picked them up from Two Lynn’s Farm and are hoping they will settle in and become a permanent part of CSCF. We will keep them penned up in the end of the pole barn for about a week to get used to their new home, and then let them out.
April 16, 2012
Bill
Today I built and temporarily installed our New Gas Distribution header assembly next to the root cellar.
New Manifold
We are very fortunate to have free natural gas for our use, as there is a working gas well located on our property. The gas company installs a low pressure regulator, meter, and shut off valve as compensation for the gas well located on the property. They also pay royalties to the mineral rights owner, but when we purchased the property the previous owner did not have the mineral rights and so we only get the free gas, for which we are very grateful.
The yellow gas line from the gas well is seen laying on top of the ground coming down the hill into the new manifold. I am reworking the gas lines because the line feeding the workshop was positioned through the middle of our garden site. The photo shows the temporary 1/2″ yellow flex line connecting the house (leftmost vertical) and the new Emergency Power Generator gas line 1″ standard yellow gas PVC pipe attached to the manifold. The yellow 1″ capped line to the right will be connected in the near future to provide gas to the workshop after I install the stream crossing.
After all gas lines have been connected I will construct a proper enclosure, complete with removable doors for additional future modifications.
By Bill… Wednesday, April 11 – The Infernal Revenue Service has been FED (Pun intended!) again, so it might exist for yet another year. As long as our Military Service People are taken care of around the world, I can at least feel like some of our hard-earned income goes to serve those that serve us… Just Sayin…..
By Bill… Saturday, April 7 – With the help of our Neighbors, Friends, and Mentors, Sonny and Linda Jobe, daughter-in-law Clarissa and grandson “Duke”, we began to create our first West Virginia garden by planting Kennebec potatoes, along with Red and Yellow onion sets.
Sonny and Clarissa “The Teachers” 
Paula and Farmer Bill “The Students” 
Linda and Duke in the shade 
Potatoes in the groove 
Still have more to plant and weather permitting will finish in several days.
Pray for us, our friends, and our garden!
By Bill…. Yes we know it April 1st, but rest assured, this blog entry is no joke! This is our first attempt to blog about our new adventure and the beginning our Creekside Cabin Farm here in the Wild and Wonderful hills of West Virginia. Newly retired and full of life, we decided to relocate from Las Vegas, Nevada, and begin our retirement farm. We arrived here in Center Point on January 19, 2012 without raising a ruckus! The crisp fresh air coupled with the sounds of the babbling creek in front of the cabin and joined by the stream running into it from the hills in the back, reassured us both that we had indeed made the right choice! We will come from behind to bring you up to date with most of the important happenings since our arrival. This should prove to be a great challenge for me as I have just now decided to become a serious blogger. Yes, it is true, I am a WANNABE Farmer and with God’s blessing and the help of our new neighbors and friends, I just might be able to live up to the title! So much to blog about and too little time. Paula and I hope you find our ramblings humorous, interesting, and informative as we grow into the wonderful realm of farming. More later…. NO… REALLY…. I promise……
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