Tag: Chickens

As the war in Ukraine lingers, the odds of a food crisis are growing. Are you prepared to feed your family when there is no food in the store?

An unexpected warm spell presented the perfect opportunity to get some work done on the chicken coop and beehives.

The leaves are gone, and temperatures in the 20s are expected. Looks like the last of the warm weather is behind us.

As fall comes to a close, its time to winterize the homestead and make sure the livestock is protected from snow, wind, and cold weather.

Fall is segueing into winter a few degrees at time. We've moved from chilly nights, to frost, to killing frost and now snow.

The hens are laying and the homestead continues to do well as we enter the colder months, due in part to our work this spring and summer.

It's full fledged autumn here. The leaves are falling, the temperatures are dropping, and we're getting ready for winter. Are you ready for a "dark winter?"

Sometimes things go bump in the night. Sometimes the dog barks and we don't know why. Then I saw a pair of glowing eyes in the distance.

Autumn is bringing us rain, but also apples, hunting, and before long, fires in the wood stove to keep us warm.

We face our second hurricane in two weeks, prepare for cooler temperatures and ready our bees to get through the winter.