So this post is coming out a little late. But never late than never. A snow storm blew in, not a huge one but big enough to slow things down around here and keep us from going anywhere. So what do we do when we can not leave home? Keep working the homestead! So we…
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Helping Others and a New Composting System
Dealing with waste and dealing with winter have some things in common. Most notably, neither is pleasant most of the time. I know I am from Alaska and Missouri winters are incredibly mild in comparison. However, the daily chores in winter are not very fun even if I do enjoy nippy air and snow covered…
Back to Baking and Announcing Permaculture Design
This week we took a major step toward returning to one of my favorite kitchen activities, baking. For various reasons baking has taken a back burner in recent months but not anymore! Also, I have been spending several hours a week working on a new certification which will help our homestead. This week I finally…
Fixing Fowl Frustrations, the Chicken Run Compromise
Free range chickens have a lot of benefits for a homestead; bug control, healthy chickens, reduced feed costs, etc. However, there are some draw backs; chicken poop everywhere, chickens killing anything you plant they can get at, and chickens occasionally chasing you. At this point the chickens have even stripped parts of our lawn. This…
State of the Homestead Address: 2022
The state of the homestead… it is a mess! Another year has come and gone and to be honest it was an odd one for us. We did not do lots of things we normally do. However, there were some unexpected benefits as well. So, before we look to what we hope 2022 will bring,…