Goat Tractor

Goat Tractor

This post was originally published in July 2013. Having a goat on pasture, or browse, is the most economical way to feed them. The person I got my goats from had a two-thousand-plus acre ranch that she turned the goats out on. She only fed hay during the roughest...
Caring for Baby Chicks

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

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...
Off-Grid Living December 2016

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

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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