Between raindrops, Will gets the tiller fixed
We've been having a real rainy mid-May with flash flood warnings on the weather radio nearly every day. Luckily when we picked out our homestead land it was on high ground with absolutely no...
Jackie’s June Homesteading Seminar
We're planning our spring homesteading seminar and are ready to take deposits.This seminar should be a great one, covering such topics as basic homestead building skills, using carpentry tools and chainsaws safely, getting more...
Amid our spring planting, a horrible fire destroys apartment building where David’s girlfriend lives
We were busy erecting and planting our hoop houses, complaining how late we were getting that done this year due to my knee surgery and the goofy spring (a foot of snow on the...
We took time to party
On Saturday, we drove down to my son, Bill's, for granddaughter Ava's fifth birthday party. The weather was nice and we had a great time visiting with all the family and Bill's friend, Andy...
Our homestead meat sales are taking off (and producing a few bonuses)
To offset some of our homestead feed expenses, we began raising extra steers and pigs each year, selling quarters and halves of meat (nicely cut, wrapped, and frozen) to buyers from not only around...