Country Living With Emma

Episode 244 -Counting Our Blessings: Electricity 24.07.2025 24:57 ↓

The harnessing of electricity changed the human experience in fundamental ways. We should be continually thankful for it.

Episode 243 - Tool of the Week: Vevor Rolling Garden Seat 24.07.2025 27:48 ↓

I finally got my garden seat assembled. This is a review of the assembly process and how it works. Vevor Rolling Garden Seat

Episode 242 - Weekend Preview 17.07.2025 37:23 ↓

What are my plans for the weekend? Listen and see what's happening on the property. 

Episode 241 - A Very Important Prep: Water 16.07.2025 16:43 ↓

Water is one of the cornerstones of prepping. How much thought do you give to your access to water?

Episode 240 - A Canning Crisis: Tool of the Week -- Presto Canner 15.07.2025 26:20 ↓

We had a canning crisis this weekend when we couldn't find a tiny but necessary piece of the pressure canner.

Episode 239 - The Cost of Gardening 10.07.2025 21:45 ↓

Is it cheaper to grow your own produce or buy it at a farmers market?

Episode 238 - Tool of the Week: Stair Climbing Dolly 08.07.2025 25:51 ↓

Being able to haul heavy objects up and down stairs is essential. Here is a tool that can help: Stair Climbing Doll y

Episode 237 - A Busy Weekend 07.07.2025 24:53 ↓

I'm back to work today after a week off getting stuff done at home. Did I get it all done?

Episode 236 - A Storage Fail 04.07.2025 22:29 ↓

A storage fail caused a a big mess to clean up. 

Episode 235 - Tool of the Week: Ziplock Bag Holder 03.07.2025 16:43 ↓

This is a handy tool to hold a bag while you fill it.  Bag Holder

Episode 234 - A Trip to the Peach Orchard 30.06.2025 19:53 ↓

Car talk on the way to a local peach orchard. Spoiler alert: food preservation is fine consuming and hard work. 

Episode 233 - Prepping is Not Just For the End of the World 29.06.2025 22:39 ↓

Are you prepared for a major traffic jam on the heat?

Episode 232 - Headlines For This Week in 1939 27.06.2025 34:56 ↓

The news headlines these days sound erily familiar to those from the 1930s. What do you think?

Episode 231 - Texas History Thursday: Mary Maverick's Memiors Part 4 27.06.2025 29:12 ↓

Chapter 7 of Mary Maverick's memior. 

Episode 230 - Elder Orphans Revisited 25.06.2025 24:07 ↓

There are a lot more of us "elders" than there are subsequent generations. That's naturally going to result in elder orphans, people with no family to care for them in their old age.

Episode 229 - Tool of the Week: Vidalia Onion Chopper 24.06.2025 33:45 ↓

Vidalia Chop Wizard

Episode 228 - What Now? 24.06.2025 24:03 ↓

This Fourth Turning gets more crazy everyday. What do we do now?

Episode 227 - 36 Hour Warning For Power Outage 21.06.2025 23:30 ↓

What would you do if you knew the power would be going out in 36 hrs?

Episode 226 - Texas History Thursday: Mary Maverick's Memiors Part 3 19.06.2025 26:16 ↓

Mary's account of a battle with the Comanche Indians in the middle of San Antonio in 1840.

Episode 225 - Don't Discount the Experience of Age 18.06.2025 24:07 ↓

The older I get, the more I value the experience of age, and wish I could sit down and learn from those who lived before.

Episode 224 - Tool(s) of the Week: Cordless Tools 17.06.2025 19:47 ↓

I have started collecting cordless tools from a specific brand in order to use the batteries interchangeably.

Episode 223 - Tool of the Week: Weeding Tool 17.06.2025 14:16 ↓

This is a great tool for weeding a raised bed.  Weeding Tool

Episode 222 - Texas History Thursday: Mary Maverick's Memiors Part 2 13.06.2025 40:34 ↓

Continued reading from Mary Maverick's memior.  50 cents for butter would equal $17.40 today.  25 cents for a pumpkin = $8.70 today.  12.5 cents for a chicken = $4.35 today. Continued reading from Mary Maverick's memior.  50 cents for butter would equal $17.40 today.  25 cents for a pumpkin = $8.70 today.  12.5 cents for a chicken = $4.35 today. 

Episode 221 - Yet Another Garden Report 11.06.2025 22:23 ↓

This time of year, it's all about the garden. We are currently getting plenty of rain, and the garden is going great. 

Episode 220 - Monday Catch Up 10.06.2025 21:44 ↓

Catching up after being gone for work. What I did over the weekend and garden update.