Most Important Piece of Homestead Equipment I Own (And Why I Stuck with Bogs)
If someone would ask me what the most important piece of equipment I own is, I would have to say my muck boots. Nothing else that I have, do I use every. single. day. After probably around six years of...
View ArticleChristmas Bark Box Unboxing {And What Happened When Asterisk Got Ahold of the...
I actually bought my first Bark Box on a whim after watching an unboxing video by Ally on YouTube. I purchased a single box as a gift for my sister’s puppy, Gus, when she first got him and she (and...
View ArticleBlack Copper Marans Egg! The New Chickens are Finally Laying… or at Least One...
The temperature here on the hillside has dropped dramatically the past few days and the forecast predicts that extreme cold is here to stay through the weekend. The skiff of snow that we received on...
View ArticleWeek 1 of 52 Weeks To Preparedness
In the new year, I have set myself a goal of following Ready Nutrition’s 52 Weeks of Preparedness. I have successfully finished the first week which focuses on setting aside about 72 hours of food for...
View ArticleWeek 2 of 52 Weeks of Preparedness
Week 2 of 52 weeks of preparedness focuses on obtaining basic tools for an emergency. I thought this week was a big – and expensive – step from week 1. I would have predicted something more along the...
View ArticleWeek 3 of 52 Weeks to Preparedness
Week 3 of 52 Weeks to Preparedness challenges you to evaluate your emergency medical supplies. To get started this week I went through all my supplies, disposing of outdated medicines and...
View ArticleNew Additions {Nubian/Savanna Crosses Born on the Homestead This Week}
Within the last week, our herd of Nubians goats has more than doubled. Our herd matriarch, Willow, was the first to freshen, giving birth to two strong bucklings in the wee hours of the night. Gypsy...
View ArticleStarting Seeds with my Aerogarden
I recently splurged and purchased an Aerogarden Farm Plus, which I put together on the kitchen table (…my kitchen really isn’t big enough for it, but neither is anywhere else in the house). The Farm...
View ArticleGarden Update | Week 4
It was a balmy 40 degrees outside today. I’m not letting the cool weather stop me and have managed to get a jump on a garden this year turning my kitchen into a stand-in greenhouse. Today, I decided to...
View ArticleTwo Pigs Added to the Homestead (Things We Are Doing Different This Time)
We recently purchased two pigs. Tanner is raising one as a 4H project (learning the entire process of raising swine from piglet to butchering weight). The other is being raised and processed to fill...
View ArticleCalm Before the Storm
October was busy and hard. It is one of my most demanding months as an ELA teacher; overseeing school picture day (I’m the yearbook advisor), organizing literature fairs, coordinating Harvest Day,...
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