I have read from those much further along in the agrarian journey than I that there is no such thing as too much food. This is the answer given when we all ask the inevitable “How much food should we be raising?“. The answer’s indefinite nature appeals to me and our general agrarian philosophy – just…
We’ve had a buildup of roosters and now old laying hens so the past few weeks we have been butchering 2-4 per week for meat and broth. It’s been a real blessing. The boys have been asking about learning to butcher for some time now. We’ve been trying to give them their own homestead domains,…
It is some kind of irony that all of our children seem to be cat people. They all like to pick up Rover and carry him around and Joshie even chases him around the house if ever he jumps in while the screen door finishes closing. I liked that Rover seems to be making a dent…
The other day I was on my way out to check on the boys’ progress on some chicken coop projects. More on that soon. On the way out there I snapped a few photos of one of the newest additions to to the homestead – Kitty. She is an older goat in milk that we…
