Long Days. Lots of buckets. Unpredictable. While sports fans would consider this a synopsis of the ongoing NCAA basketball tournament,...

The past couple of weeks, Maggie and I have been enjoying some relaxation and continuing education. Two weeks ago we made our annual...

When winter comes to the country, things slow down. In the city, a lot of effort and money are spent in overcoming the roadblocks the...

As we continue planning for chickens this spring, work continues on the coop. The most recent project has been nesting boxes. Although it...

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As we near the end of the year, it is time to look back and assess how 2022 progressed. We try and give each year a theme, to help guide...

I love estate sales and rummage sales. I look at them as little treasure hunts. Stores today all carry the same homogenized merchandise,...

Every year it is the same. By October, we are tired of the abundance of squash and canning pickles, but by the first snowfall in...

With the door for the chickens done, I turned my attention to the door Maggie and I will use. The existing coop door had a number of...

Part of converting our spare shed to a chicken coop included installing a small door for the chickens to enter and exit through. Using a...

As we assessed our spare shed for conversion to a chicken coop, there were a few issues we noted: The windows were in tough shape and did...

As we slowly convert our property to a self-sustaining enterprise, one of the next steps is to introduce animals into the mix. This year,...

I saw a couple on YouTube make a version of spinach pie using store bought crescent roll dough so I thought I'd give it a try. I wanted...

Today I shucked some dried beans we'd let go to seed (for next years' seed and maybe just a little to actually eat). Yesterday, I picked...

We made three trips to a local cattle farmer family who raise 90+ meat cows. We had our old Dodge Dakota pick-up truck pulling a trailer...

This was our first time making hot sauce. We had one last hurrah of hot pepper harvest from our garden so we decided to give making hot...

I enjoy Brussel Sprouts; Ed, not quite as much unless they're roasted. Because I enjoy them and because they're said to be a cool...

We'd like to get chickens in the spring. We'll likely just start with a handful of layers. I'd like to get some guinea for tick control...

You know it's fall when the leaves start turning and when the Halloween and other fall related decorations start. Fall is Ed's favorite...

Prior to taking down our garden for the fall / winter, I picked the last of our jalapeno and habanero peppers along with the remainder of...