Caring for Baby Chicks
With the calendar declaring spring, we’re greeting babies. Baby chicks, that is. A few days ago, we received two shipments of chicks—a box of fifty Cornish Cross (meat birds) and a second box of thirty assorted layers. Are you new to raising chickens? These tips...
Harvesting Water
This is a post that was on my homesteading blog. Water harvesting is a new concept to me (keep reading to find out why) but something that we are now spending a lot of time planning. When we moved to Wyoming from Oregon four years ago we had a bit of culture shock...
Around the Homestead: 20 Acre Work in Progress
During the time I was planning and dreaming of my own small homestead, I’d scour blogs and websites looking for ideas and inspiration. When my good friend Wardee from Traditional Cooking School started her Down Home Farm Tour series, I’d anxiously await...
Off-Grid Living December 2016
The word for December was cold! We had very few days above freezing and several below zero. One morning a neighbor told me their temperature gauge read negative 34. Friends, that is chilly. The icicles hanging from the roof were amazing. Unfortunately it also...
Permaculture: Designing with Zones
Something that we’ve been learning about in the Permaculture Design Course that Joe and I have been taking is designing with zones and zonal placement. Zoning is about placement. The zones are numbered from 1 to 5 with 1 being the zone surrounding the house and...
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