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…
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…
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…
