Around the Homestead Archives

Off-Grid Living December 2016

by Millie Copper | Jan 4, 2017 | Around the Homestead

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

by Millie Copper | Jun 6, 2014 | Around the Homestead

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...

Cabin Building

by Millie Copper | Oct 23, 2014 | Around the Homestead

Hello! The last few months have been terribly busy with our personal lives and my work schedule. It’s become even busier the past few weeks when my daughter and her fiance changed their wedding date from June of 2015 to Thanksgiving weekend of this year. 🙂...

August 2015 Updates

by Millie Copper | Aug 4, 2015 | Around the Homestead

Hello Faithful Readers! It has been nearly six months since I shared anything here or on my Facebook page. As usual, it has been a busy time. 🙂 I thought I’d pop in very quickly and share the latest news. We’ve been working on the cabin. You can expect...

Making the Most of a Small Space Garden

by Millie Copper | May 10, 2012 | Around the Homestead

Last week I shared pictures of our land, mostly in its bare state, from when we first moved here. We have 2 acres in Central Wyoming. We’ve had plenty of challenges since moving here in the area of gardening and homesteading. I was relating my tales of woe in...

Preserving Milk

by Millie Copper | Nov 6, 2013 | Around the Homestead, Preserving Food, Traditional Foods

This post was originally shared on my short-lived homesteading blog. Things have changed for us since I originally wrote this post. Did you know that it is believed that cheese making may have started when dairying started? Milk was put in animal bags (usually...