Raising our own meat chickens – Day 1
The long awaited day has arrived! We got our chicks! I had to work today so Mr. S took on the task of picking up our new chicks and getting them set up in the uber cool brooder box that he built....
View ArticleHomestead losses
We have been very lucky during our short venture into small homesteading. We haven’t lost an animal to illness, predator or unknown circumstances. Well, until yesterday. The 6 Isa Brown pullets that...
View ArticleHow To Make A Pallet Fence
I was informed this afternoon that my projects always take longer then I think they will. Conceptually they SHOULD all be quick easy projects. The reality is that they always take up most of the day....
View ArticleSmall Homesteading – Karma is Alive and Well!
We’re new to the homesteading lifestyle. We’re enjoying the adventure because it is just that, an adventure. There are smiles, laughs, stress, worry and many more emotions that come into play on a...
View ArticleReviewing and Planning
Autumn arrived and for a brief moment gave us the summer like weather we seemed to have missed. Blue skies, warm temps and low humidity temporarily wiped thoughts of winter from our minds and allowed...
View ArticleWhat we learned our first year raising pigs
In the Spring of 2013 I went to purchase farm fresh eggs and ended up adopting a rooster. Shortly there after we purchased 6 pullets to raise and to keep them company. In the Spring of 2014 we...
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