Our homesteading seminar is this week
And we're still homesteading! Will FINALLY got our big round baler working again after first a blown hydraulic hose (with a fitting that only New Holland makes -- Will cut it off and retrofit...
The weak calf is walking
After four days of coaxing our little calf to drink from the goat bottle every two hours, this morning I found him not in the entryway but in the kitchen. He had gotten up...
Sorry to have missed blogging but this homestead got real busy!
Wow, what a week. First off, our homesteading apprentice, Christian, up and left. You can take the boy out of the city but not the city out of the boy. Homesteading just wasn't his...
We’re trying to get ready for a big snowstorm
Will hauled in extra firewood while I put new shavings down in the duck and chicken coops. I've been busy trying to shell out the two crates of Carminat pole beans. These lovely slender,...
Q and A: pumpkins and canning chili and spaghetti sauce
Pumpkins
I have a question about my pumpkins. I grew a variety that the seed packet said could get up to 65 pounds. Mine turned out more like one of those little pie pumpkins you...