How to Avoid Losing Your Authentic Self and Getting Carried Away
Did you leave the rat race only to find you moved it to your backyard? I see this in YouTube creators who drift away from their authentic selves in pursuit of subscribers and the all mighty dollar. Avoid this trap and get back to your roots.
We’ve got Beans Coming out of our Ears
Our garden is producing well, maybe even over-producing. Anyone have a good recipe that uses green beans and zucchini?
A Good Week for the Chickens, but not the Bees
Egg production has risen with the temperatures, but the flock is not entirely unscathed. The bitter cold we experienced also hurt the bees.
11 Hens A-Laying
We have gone from harvesting 12 or 13 eggs per day in the Spring of 2022 to 7 in the summer of 2023, but that's an improvement over last month.
We are Adding a New Member to our Homestead
After looking at Rottweilers and investigating a few other breeds, we have selected a large livestock guardian dog for our homestead companion.
Prepper Lessons, Cold Weather, and a Possible Blizzard
We are preparing for winter, the possibility of sub-zero temperatures, and a Christmas Blizzard. Are you prepper for that?
The Dangers of Running out of Stuff
Will the world as we know it come crashing down because of supply chain shortages? It's certainly possible as shortages may persist for years.
Bad Weather and Good Work
Bad weather limited what we can do outside and resulted in yet another power outage, but it was just as well. We needed the rest.
The Chicken Coop is Complete, but the Chicks aren’t Quite Ready...
We got off to a slow start back in mid-March and the weather wasn't the most cooperative, but we've finally finished building the chicken coop.
Eight Down, a Few Hundred to Go
Hundreds of fallen trees litter our land, making parts of the mountain impassible. We got some help removing some of the trees that blocked our access road.