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Using mylar bags and oxygen absorbers inside a 5-gallon pail is one of the most effective ways to preserve dried foods for the long run.

Sun, Firewood, Rice and the Declining Dollar

What do you need more, $100 in your pocket or 200 meals of 580 calories? Pete looks at the math behind do-it-yourself food storage.
A new stack of firewood poles that need to be cut and split into next year's firewood. The Polaris contains a load of firewood that will last us two days during these very cold days but three or more when is is above freezing during the day.

Hardening the Body for Winter Weather

From "hardening" our body to managing LiFePO4 battery limits, how we adapt our homestead for the polar vortexes.
The Polaris Ranger does pretty well on snow roads like this one.

Early Cold and Snow, No Eggs, and Vacuum Sealers

A polar vortex, snow, ice, and short winter days mean slippery roads and fewer eggs on the homestead as temperatures reach the single digits.
This was an average hive with a decent amount of bees in it this late in the season. You can tell it is warm because they are not clustered,

Early Winter Honeybee Care for Winter Survival

A spate of warm weather gives us a chance to feed the bees before cold and possibly snow hits us around Thanksgiving.
Logs from one of several trees damaged in Hurricane Helene that I cut in the past week.

Winter Storm, Firewood, and Sunshine

After a week of sunshine and mild weather, snowstorms threaten. We prep for six inches of snow and wind gusts up to 45 MPH.
This double-row of firewood on six pallets is about a third of the firewood we have on hand for the coming winter.

Autumn Arrives with Last-Minute Chores

Temperatures are dropping as the sun sets earlier, providing motivation to finish our chores and prepared the homestead for winter.
The beehives are behind the garden. Those are green beans in the foreground.

Homestead Injury and Why More Hands Help

There's plenty of work to do on the homestead, but an annoying injury slows Pete down. The garden continues to thrive.
This cucumber is too big for pickling, so it will end up in a salad or fed to the chickens.

It’s Been a Busy Summer on the Homestead

We've been super busy on the homestead with both planned and unplanned chores. It's prime time for outdoor activities.
When covered with a lockable lid or roof, this enclosure will be the bunker where we store our gasoline cans, spare kerosene, and pesticides we don't want in the house.

Bunkers, Bees and Firewood, a Homestead Update

Work on our many homestead projects progresses, despite somewhat whacky weather.
This is one load if firewood, 10 feet wide and two rows deep. I had to re-split about a third of them.

Spring and Winter Duke it Out on the Homestead

Spring finally arrives, but winter won't be pushed out so easily. The warm weather lets us do long-awaited chores while the freezing rains drives us indoors.
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