You did the same chores today that you did yesterday. Feed, water, eggs, garden, then back inside. By the time you sat down, you were tired, but no single job seemed to explain it. A lot of the time, it isn’t the work that wears you out. It’s the walking ... See more
Something Changed, and You Noticed! You’ve probably thought this for years: stuff just doesn’t last like it used to. Your parents had appliances that ran for twenty or thirty years. You buy one now and feel lucky if it makes it past six or seven. A tool t... See more
A fence does a lot on a homestead. It keeps animals from wandering off, keeps predators away, and hopefully stops deer from eating your garden. It also marks your property and separates one working area from another. The only problem is that fencing gets ... See more
Spend enough time around a homestead and sooner or later you end up with a stack of wooden pallets. Sounds familiar? They turn up behind feed stores, beside hardware stores, near loading docks, and anywhere else that gets regular deliveries. A lot of the ... See more
I went down to pick up a rooster and four new hens a while back, from the same old fella I’ve been buying birds from for years. He’s kept chickens his whole life, and there’s not much about them he hasn’t seen. While he was boxing up my birds, I got to co... See more
