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Building Our Dreams
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis Neither Christine nor I were born into the homesteading life. We are both products of late-20th century cities and suburban life. We grew up in a generation defined by MTV, convenience foods, and impatience. At some point though,…
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Milestones (and a Brief Hiatus)
One of my rules is pay more, eat less. You do get what you pay for, and if you’re willing to pay more for pastured eggs or grass-fed beef, you’re getting something that’s more delicious, and you’ll feel better about eating it. Michael Pollan – author of The Omnivores Dilema Welcome back, homestead fam! You…
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Death on the Farm (And Hope for the Future)
It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I have observed that people who are completely out of touch with nature are the most afraid of death. Temple Grandin We’ve been truly blessed in our experience with animals here on the homestead.…
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Good Neighbors (and Doing Something Right)
If people don’t occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you’re doing something wrong. John Gierach When we started looking for a small holding to be our homestead, this property was not our first choice. More than once we saw the listing for it, but we could tell it was going to be a…
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Size Matters
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself. Elanore Roosevelt Consider this a public service announcement. Not all chickens are the same. When we first began our chicken journey we started our small. Just a few chickens. Except that the few chickens became 17 chickens. Chicken math.…