by Millie Copper | Sep 13, 2017 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid, Working From Home
Most days I love our off-grid life. Our little farm of goats and chickens bring me joy. Building our own house, while often a struggle, is also very satisfying and I love seeing it come together. Our dry cabin is sometimes a challenge but not having running water...
by Millie Copper | Oct 3, 2017 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
September started off hot and dry. Since sometime in August we’d had smoke from the surrounding fires. We’re very fortunate to not have any nearby fires. Much of the smoke we were getting was from the terrible fires in Montana, Idaho and eastern Wyoming....
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 | Feb 3, 2017 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
Hello, Friends! Winter is still in full force at our Wyoming farmstead. January brought many more snowy, cold days and even colder nights. With this cold weather, our septic system froze. Many off-gridders don’t have a flush toilet and instead use...
by Millie Copper | Nov 30, 2016 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
The end of November already! This month just zoomed by. The main focus of November has been filling up our freezer. We finished our pastured broilers and completed our deer hunting. The freezer is filled to the brim. Joe still has an tag for a cow elk that we’re...
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...