I parked a little too close to a horse manure pile last week and got the truck stuck.

A new group of weeds had grown up around the base of the pile hiding some of the richer material and I forgot to bring a shovel.

This picture is Anna pulling me out with the tow strap.

I've lost count on how many times we've used that tow strap since it entered our tool bag.

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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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