by Millie Copper | Nov 16, 2016 | Homesteading
For the last several years we’ve been raising chickens for meat and eggs. Over the years we’ve had an assortment of breeds of egg laying chickens but tend to favor the dual purpose birds such as Buff Orpington or White Rock. These birds are a nice sturdy...
by Millie Copper | Nov 7, 2016 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
Hello Friends! I’m slightly delayed in putting up a recap of what happened at our place in October. Joe and I took a couple of days off last week to go hunting which meant several busy days before and after. In fact, we’re still playing catch-up! Oh, but...
by Millie Copper | Oct 26, 2016 | 20 Acre Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
Off-grid bathrooms often make for interesting conversation. Because many of us living off the grid have to figure out interesting ways to bring water into the home we look for water conserving measures. Compost toilets are super popular in the off-grid community. This...
by Millie Copper | Oct 19, 2016 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Working From Home
Capsule Wardrobe is something I see on Pinterest quite often lately (maybe because I searched the term so Pinterest thinks I want to see it often?) but it wasn’t that long ago I was in the dark as to what a capsule was. Then my oldest girl told me all about this...
by Millie Copper | Oct 12, 2016 | Food Storage, Preserving Food, Traditional Foods
It’s fall in Wyoming and I have apples on the brain! Each fall we like to stock up on apples. I often order these by the case from Azure Standard or pick locally from friends. I love to dehydrate apples to have for snacking and baking through the winter but we...