Near Death #595 by Hot Sauce

by Tammy Trayer ~ Given A Gift | Nov 6, 2012 | Gardening, Foraging, Canning & Preserving, Given A Gift, How We Began, Positively Encouraging, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

Well it was quite the experience! Let me tell you 1st about the hours leading up to the event. We had guests, many… We've been entertaining many different people this year, but this day Glen's Mom and Dad were joining us. It was a crazy day spent doing many...

Our log guest cabin was built by hand in 4 weeks

by Tammy Trayer ~ Given A Gift | Oct 12, 2012 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Positively Encouraging, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Writings

Yes…  4 weeks and our guest cabin went from only 9 concrete pillars to housing two guests here in the wilderness.  Now this is not just any cabin, but a hand crafted log cabin!  It was quite the rush, but it turned out AMAZING.  Glen used traditional tools to...

Dedicated to a hero… We are proud…

by Tammy Trayer ~ Given A Gift | Sep 12, 2012 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Positively Encouraging, Writings

On July 16th, a 69 year old male left the hospital after undergoing some treatments and suffered an unfortunate medical problem on his way home that led to a two car crash. Our hero came to a stop sign and when looking both ways found two cars on their roofs and no...

My MacGyver

by Tammy Trayer ~ Given A Gift | Sep 6, 2012 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Writings

Remember the show that started airing back in 1985 entitled MacGyver?  You know the fella that could turn a piece of junk into some useful thing. Well I have my own MacGyver and I have so much faith in him that I truly believe he could make a gun out of a paper clip!!...

A little taste of God’s country…

by Tammy Trayer ~ Given A Gift | Sep 4, 2012 | Given A Gift, How We Began, Positively Encouraging, Writings

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy is a proverb. It means that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. Well, we are never bored and I believe those that know us best would plea to differ that we are boring…, but all work and no play...

The 1st of the animals have arrived…

by Tammy Trayer ~ Given A Gift | Aug 10, 2012 | Given A Gift, Homestead Animals: Raising & Harvesting, How We Began, Positively Encouraging

Well I can finally say, “Welcome to our wilderness zoo – caution all the animals are out of their cages!” And this time I am not referring to us!!  🙂 The chicken coop was finished yesterday and we drove north to pick up 8 chickens, a rooster and a...