How to build a Holzhaufen
http://www.youtube.com/watch Just a quick reminder that winter is around the corner click the link above to see how to build a Holzhaufen
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Marge’s New Home
Free time affects everyone differently. Some binge watch, some cook, some hike or fish, but here, we build. It seems like every time we catch up, we find a new project to keep us busy and improve the function of the homestead. Because of the current shutdown, we have found ourselves with additional time to devote to the homestead. In
Read moreThe Story Of Marge: The Stubborn, and Very Lucky, Pig
This is Marge our newest fixture on the homestead. She is one special pig and life here wouldn’t be the same without her. Marge has changed the way we homestead forever, but that was not the plan when we picked her and her brother and sister up from a local farmer. For the last several years we have raised
Read moreOur Amazing Bees
After you have grown all of your own veggies, and after you have mastered raising chickens, your next challenge will almost certainly be beekeeping. Maybe it’s the homesteading magazines that push us toward this very zen pursuit. Maybe it’s the endless internet articles about the bees decline. Or maybe we just love honey. Whatever the reason we as homesteaders are
Read moreHarvest Season, “it’s not what you have to do, it’s what you get to do”
This blog has been a long time coming. I have been wanting to get a new blog out for our loyal, as well as new, followers, but our fellow homesteaders will agree that finding the time between August and October is nearly impossible because……It’s Harvest Season! My husband recently shared a post with me that he saw on social
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two branches homestead 