Having a chicken coop to keep your chickens safe from predators and the elements is an important part of having chickens on your homestead. Your chickens will need a safe dry and well ventilated place to roost at night or in bad weather. Chicken coop – a building guide. We have had a variety of […]
Monthly Archives: May 2021
As winter approaches many of us are looking at building a cheap greenhouse to extend our growing season and be able to start off the growing process earlier in spring. There are many alternatives out there to do this from small garden bed covers to full-sized greenhouses that can not only house your gardens, […]
Our homestead came with almost no fencing for horses – in fact and the fences that existed would not have held in any type of animal and most of the field fences were fallen over. We started off using temporary electric fencing using T posts and some temporary push in posts. The process […]
I came across a measurements chart in a meme online and thought how useful that would be for canning and general homestead cooking. But it lacked some important features like metric conversions and links to fluid ounces. And so I updated the measurements chart for our own home use – making it clearer to use […]
When my husband told me that he wanted to start raising meat rabbits, I thought he was crazy. We were going to raise them, breed them, and then eat their babies! I didn’t think I could do it! I wanted to be a good sport, though so I followed along. It’s turned out much better […]
Tornadoes are a frightening phenomenon when they touch your life. We had some near misses when we lived in Colorado and have had to scrambles into the basement even here in Maine when we are under tornado warning. We have learned to reduce our risk of being injured in a tornado through these experiences. Living […]
With our cold winters we needed a chicken water heater to stop our DIY chicken waterer to freeze up. We get weeks of temperatures below freezing and want our chickens to always have access to water – not just when we can take out warm water to unfreeze their buckets. And so we made this simple device […]
There is an income buffer secret that really can make a huge difference when running a homestead. It is a very simple concept, but maybe hard for some people who are in the “live paycheck to paycheck” rut. Income buffer secret The secret is to arrange your budget so that you are only spending THIS […]
Rocks soil and minerals – it sounds like you are back in 8th grade science at school – but now all that great information about rocks soil and minerals is going to come back and help you understand more about the most vital component of your homestead – the material in which you want to […]
Producing your very own farm-fresh eggs is one of the most satisfying parts of homesteading. Having a happy flock of egg-producing chickens can add a wonderful ambience, an enjoyable stage-play (chickens are curious and funny animals), garden fertilizer and a great pest removal service. Egg laying chickens can also be one the first enterprises […]