by Millie Copper | Sep 8, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
We spent the weekend up at our property with our builders. We’re super excited about the progress that was made. When we left last weekend the cement piers and first beams were in place from the builder’s first visit in July. After a few hours of work this...
by Millie Copper | Apr 2, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming
We moved to our current home almost five years ago. We never intended for this to be our ‘forever home’. We chose the location based strictly on work opportunities. It was always our plan to live here during our working years but to retire to a quiet...
by Millie Copper | Feb 18, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Two Acre Homestead
This post was originally shared on my short lived homesteading blog in August of 2013 before I decided to move everything to this one blog— which is more than enough for me to keep up with! Growing all or part of our own animal/livestock feed is important to us...
by Millie Copper | Feb 10, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Two Acre Homestead
This post originally appeared on my short lived homesteading blog in the summer of 2013. I’m bringing several of the posts from there over to this blog. Something that we’re experimenting with is animal feed. When we first started raising chickens...
by Millie Copper | Jan 22, 2014 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Two Acre Homestead, Working From Home
Be sure to read How We Got Here- Part 1 The summer of 2010 was a pivotal year for us. That year we embarked on raising our own chickens for meat. After watching the movie Food, Inc (that’s an affiliate link) over the winter we knew that we did not want to...
by Millie Copper | Nov 13, 2013 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Two Acre Homestead
This post was originally on my short lived homesteading blog. I’ve updated it with current information after the last gardening season. Gardening is still a challenge but each year gets a little bit better. This post does contain affiliate links. Thank you for...