The Doable Off-Grid Homestead – The Solar Water Pump (No Batteries Needed!!!)

This video shows a sample of the types of projects you will find in The Doable Off-Grid Homestead. Moving water around is such a critical task on a homestead that it is nice to have a way to do this in an efficient manner. One way to reduce the cost is to put together a solar water pumping system that doesn’t require batteries. Ideally you could gravity feed most water, which is one thing we also talk about in the book, but when that is not an option this works well.

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Lately: The Broken Camera Edition

Lately :: a brief smattering of what’s been happening here on the homestead and our other content from around the web. Apparently I needed to take a few weeks off of blogging. I thought it was just recently that I’d posted about the new cabin, but apparently it was nearly a month ago. I attribute…

On the Backs of Raindrops

It came late last week, that sweet sound of raindrops on a tin roof. It was a slow, scattered rain that fell on bare, dry soil and so was all the sweeter for its gentle return. The tanks behind the house hold a bit more water, I don’t over-analyze every sink full of dishwater, and…

The View From Here

When we first got to Texas I felt like I had been plucked out of my natural habitat and dropped onto the set of an old western movie. I am just now starting to feel settled in the way that only a family can do. I still spend hours every day feeding this newest member…

Reminder: Last Day to Receive 10% off Fermented Cod Liver Oil

I have had a few comments and emails asking about where to receive the 10% off deal on fermented cod liver oil. Today is the last day, so if you’re interested follow this link to my resources page and you will find the GAPS Diet online store. Once there you can make your purchase of…

Technical Difficulties: I Need Your Help

Edited to Add: Thank you all for the comments letting me know my feed is working. It seems as though I have my theme and feed back up and running so every thing should soon be back to normal. As you can tell my site is experiencing technical difficulties. It started last week with comments…

Lately

Lately :: a brief smattering of what’s been happening here on the homestead and our other content from around the web. Stewart spent some time working on the formatting of this new book, Pennsylvania. I’ve been reading it as I can now that it’s in its full, beautiful novel form and am almost done. As…

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jeannie says:

July 2, 2018 at 5:41 PM

When my sister and I assisted my daughter in butchering her meat birds, we both started laughing when we saw all those chicken feet in a bucket. My daughter had to ask so we explained that our mama had ten of her own kids and two fostererish kids as well as cousins that spent most weekends with us. Mama always cooked every piece of the chicken. All the little kids got a wing and or a foot. The older kids got the choice pieces because they needed the protein more than us little ones. But, I remember playing with my chicken foot. When you pull the back claw, the other claws fold up. I think that’s how it went. The last time I went to China, they served the chicken on a plate with everything from head to feet…no feathers. All my students who went for that trip cringed when we said yes, you eat the feet. LOL. (I have to admit that was one time saying I am vegetarian was nice.)They also couldn’t believe the fish had bones. Only in the US do we fillet everything and throw so much waste out with the bones.

Congratulations on your success. When we were children, if it hadn’t been for our garden, meat chickens, and pig, we would have starved.

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