Questions Folks Ask About T-Bone’s Place
Do you earn commissions from product links?
Sometimes.
T-Bone’s Place no longer participates in the Amazon Associates affiliate program, and we do not earn commissions simply for telling you where we bought or found a product.
We may occasionally have a direct ambassador, referral, or other partnership with a company we genuinely use and choose to work with. When that happens, we will clearly disclose the relationship and explain what, if anything, we may earn if you use our link or code.
Our reviews and opinions are our own, whether a commission is involved or not.
Do you use AI to help with content?
Yes, as a tool, not as our author, writer or opinion maker.
The stories, articles, reviews, recipes, commentary, experiences, opinions, and original written material published at T-Bone’s Place are written by Jax and T-Bone/Gene. We write our own work in our own voices.
We use AI and other digital tools much the same way we have used evolving computer technology throughout our professional lives: for editorial assistance, proofreading, grammar and punctuation checks, continuity review, organization, research support, fact-checking, source discovery, calculations, and SEO assistance.
For research-heavy historical and factual articles, AI may help us locate leads, organize information, compare sources, or work through questions. We independently evaluate the information and, when appropriate, verify it through primary sources, archival records, publications, interviews, site visits, photographs, measurements, testing, or other firsthand research.
AI does not replace our authorship.
Some illustrations and decorative graphics on T-Bone’s Place may also be created with AI-assisted visual tools under our creative direction. Those visuals are separate from the human-authored stories and articles they accompany.
For more about how we research, write, edit, fact-check, and verify our work, see our Editorial & Research Standards.
Are those really our rabbits?
Yes! Patches, Gloria and Arnold are really our rabbits; they are responsible for producing a good portion of the meat here at T-Bone’s Place. We are really excited to add Arnold to the barn! We don’t breed in the hotter months, we choose not to stress our Mom’s during the hottest months. Come along this fall and winter! There’ll be babies everywhere! 🤗🐰
Is our greenhouse enclosed in plastic?
At this time, we have not encapsulated the greenhouse in a plastic enclosure—for a couple of reasons. Initially, we planned on an expansion… if I remember correctly, the current house is something like, 18-feet long, and we talked about duplicating it, but adding a 12-foot section in the center…so it would end up being a 48-foot-long greenhouse! INSANITY!
THEN, we decided to plot twist so, yeah… our, pending retirement is going to be a HOOT! SO, it has not been finished at this location. 🤪😉Stay tuned!
Who creates the artwork for T-Bone’s Place?
All visual content for T-Bone’s Place is creatively directed by Jax Tress.
Our real photographs, videos, garden footage, farmstead projects, demonstrations, travel photography, historical-site photography, and behind-the-scenes material are created by us.
For some illustrations, character artwork, decorative graphics, and fantasy visual elements, including illustrations accompanying Thistlewyn’s Adventures, we may use AI-assisted visual tools as part of the design process. Those tools help us create the visual representation of a world and characters we created ourselves.
AI-generated or AI-assisted illustrations do not mean the accompanying stories were written by AI. Thistlewyn’s Adventures and the other written material published at T-Bone’s Place are human-authored.
Every illustrated image is creatively directed, selected, reviewed, and approved by us before it appears on T-Bone’s Place.
What makes T-Bone’s Place different?
T-Bone’s Place is different because everything we share is rooted in real life, storytelling, East Texas grit, and the work we are actually doing. We don’t fake farmstead life or write from a distance. We live the projects, learn from the mess, listen to the land, and share what we figure out along the way.
Whether it is rabbits, greenhouse experiments, bucket gardens, local gems, repurposed projects, or characters like Thistlewyn, everything here is shaped by lived experience, practical curiosity, and a deep respect for the place we call home.
We stand firmly against violence, oppression, and hate in all forms, and we believe creativity, like a good farmstead system, should uplift, protect, and connect.