The homestead has been in a bit of a summer holding pattern recently. No major new projects or large strides are generally made during this hot, dry time of year. We try to keep these little guys as cool as possible while keeping the animals and gardens and fruit trees somewhat vital. We did get…
So it has been quite some time since my last update on our meat bird experiment. I figured maybe a quick recap of what we were trying to do was in order. We brought home a bunch of Cornish Cross chicks in the spring. We wanted to raise them as meat birds but do it…
The potato harvest was kind of a rushed deal. The heat came on rather suddenly this year and has only backed down into the 90s for a few days at a time so we had to get the spuds out fast before they rotted. Besides the many meals of homegrown chicken, salad, and potatoes we…
We moved to this bare acreage nearly seven years ago with not much more than a head full of homesteading books and a dream. Neither of us had ever built a house, used solar power, kept animals, or built homestead infrastructure by hand. We still feel like greenhorns in so many ways and this video…
