Stuff

Our NY home is 960 square feet. A great incentive not to accumulate too much stuff inside. My entire wardrobe can be packed in a 40 gallon tub. Our Christmas decorations are in a small box, we own one set of dishes which is not even a complete setting for 8, four bath towels, you get the gist. The pantry and food preservation equipment will take the most boxes.

Outside is another matter.

Goats stuff: milking stand, milking pail, hoof trimmer, clippers, kid bottle, various and sundry veterinarian supplies, very good fence that is negotiable in the house sale.

Chicken stuff: feeder, waterer, heat lamp, grit, more vet supplies.

Bee stuff (the smallest critters need the most equipment): two hives consisting of 3 supers each with frames, bottom board, inside cover, outside cover, feeder, queen excluder, pollen patties, hive tool, smoker, smoker fuel, bee brush, hat with veil, extractor, two strainers, uncapping knife, honey pail--I'm sure I've forgotten something.

Gardening stuff: rakes, shovels, forks, hoes, wheelbarrows, trowels and other weeders, pots in all shapes and sizes, watering can, sprayer, trimmers and clippers, buckets, growlights and stand, kneelers, wall o' waters, fence pounder--my head's starting to hurt.

Not to mention the snowblower, lawnmower, live traps, ax, maul, sledgehammer, table saw, dolly, chainsaw, tools, tools, and tools.

This is the simple life?