Recently while out for a hike in the woods we were lucky enough to spot what many refer to as the "Mushroom of Immortality"! The Reishi mushroom, "Ganoderma lucidum" or "Ling Zhi"

We knew it would be coming but just weren't sure when. Now we know when - "Installation of meters would begin in 2019, with completion of full deployment expected in 2020." Many of you may not

Today we'll be letting the Chickens into the barn and access to the outdoors. We started by hanging up an additional feeder, covering up the dust bath, and opening up this hatch! Once we opened up their

After loosing our tomatoes to frost, the newly planted ones are doing well. The peppers are recovering after being pinched back, the beans have emerged. Our potatoes are showing new growth and the onions

Looking forward to a bumper crop may be your desire, but mother nature often has different plans. In our video title "Tea for the Tillerman" we had prepared a garden for Onions and Potatoes which

Artist Name: Brian Max Track Name: Walk with you Lyrics: Ever since I saw the sun shine in your eyes I know what you’re thinking of And all the reasons that I couldn’t find before are now my reasons to

Because our property provides us a park like environment we have turned a large portion of it into flower gardens. We planted a few shrubs here last year so today we'll turn it into a real garden bed.

It appears that governmental censorship has reared it's ugly head in the UK this week. Protest have apparently been happening around the world as a result of the draconian measures being taken by the UK

Today on Homestead Homebodies we'd like to introduce you to our new chicks! Our previous flock of 32 birds had dwindled down to just eighteen. Most died of old age and the remainder were not laying many

This year we decided to give our backs a break and purchased a garden tiller. We ordered from Amazon and got a Sunjoe! More about this later. Our first task was to till the garden that will be used for

Has anyone else been hit by these new accounts who are downvoting everything they touch --- and then ALL are resteeming exactly the same posts? @a-steemdefleague @a-cmsidl @a-alphasteem @trollshunter

Today we received our first delivery of wood for the winter season. The pile you see here is 2 cords. We'll receive 2 more cords next week. Now all we have to do is stack it. That will warm us the first

Last summer we decided to remove the rail at one end of the deck and build some stairs. After watching several videos on how to, we gave it a try. They came out great but we discovered a lot of rot when

......and that's the truth. We constantly hear that the central banks just can't seem to achieve their arbitrary 2% inflation rate. I wonder why? Could it be that prices just aren't rising as fast as the

Today on Homestead Homebodies we return to repair the rotted wood problems that came up in our video titled "Railing Roadblock". After quite a bit of research we decided that PC-Woody offered

When we lived in Florida I spent a lot of time stargazing as it was always warm and very convenient. One of the problems experienced by most stargazers is light pollution. I remedied this using the following

Love em or hate em voting bots are part of our community. I've been selling my votes to minnowbooster and have done a post about my experience right HERE. Today my wife tried to boost one of my posts and

Today on Homestead Homebodies it's time to set up our rain barrels for gardening season. We start by removing a length of downspout, and leveling out the gravel base. We place some lumber, set the first

Why is it that America supports terrorism as long as the terrorists are their friends? Why is it that some countries are bombed while others are rewarded for the same behaviour? The US congress approved

Today on Homestead Homebodies we're looking at replacing our deck rail as it was not pressure treated and is showing signs of rot. We also plan on repainting the support posts and deck facing. We started