As a homesteader, we have this romantic notion of sustaining ourselves completely from our homestead. We see a future where we don't need to purchase food and other items in order to maintain the freedom we want at home. While that is a noble dream, it is almost unreachable for most of us. Many of [...]
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There is a trend I have seen building in my state. No, it isn't associated with pop culture, fashion, or entertainment (quite frankly, I don't think I could spot a trend in those areas), it is a trend to find rural land. Several of my friends have stopped me at various random encounters and [...]
If I have said it once, I probably have said it 100 times - I love this time of year. There is something about the changing temperatures with cool evenings and brisk mornings. Our southern mountain that faces the house is covered in a variety of hardwoods. In mid-October, the trees slowly begin to [...]
So, if you find yourself leisurely strolling through the woods in early fall, listen carefully to the cacophony (that is a $5 word for a bunch - took me three tries to spell it correctly) of sounds as the forest prepares for a winter slumber and the various woodland creatures scramble to stockpile food either [...]
In part 5 of our "Getting started with Chickens" series, I want to introduce the Phone Booth Coop. No, there is no need for quarters, superman outfits, or phonebooks on cables (those of you born after 1990 probably can't appreciate any of those three references). The Phone Booth Coop is a structure that I designed and built [...]
