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 | 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...
by Millie Copper | Oct 26, 2016 | 20 Acre Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
Off-grid bathrooms often make for interesting conversation. Because many of us living off the grid have to figure out interesting ways to bring water into the home we look for water conserving measures. Compost toilets are super popular in the off-grid community. This...
by Millie Copper | Sep 14, 2016 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid, Working From Home
At the end of 2007 while awaiting the birth of our sweet little boy I dipped my toe in the online world and started a blog. It began as a place I could share about our little guy — thoughts, feelings, etc and then about him and how he was growing then about our...