Its that time of year when we're visited by angels.. The destroying angels. It's amazing. Besides the ones that grow around here that you can eat, these are my favorite mushrooms. They have this cold beauty

When I walk into someone's home the first thing I look for are the bookshelves. It may seem like a strange thing to do, but books say a lot about a person. It's rather like people that have never had a

It feels like it's taken ages! But now.. Finally, the time has arrived to allow the rabbits to breed! To that end, we gave one of our A-frame pins a new resident! The conversion from rooster coop to rabbit

Everyone needs a medical kit and basic knowledge of first aid. We're pretty avid an this. As such we have three medical kits so far: A small, very mobile one, that can be hung off a belt or vest. A medium

Well, it's been a long time coming! Internet out here has always been on our list, but never seemed pressing.. We like watching you tube and browsing ebay as much as anyone, but its not necessary for our

Behind our house is woods, actually all around our house but especially behind us, and it's a major part of our one acre homestead.. But after living here a while, we noticed that we don't go up there

100 Followers! Thank you all! We have been on steemit around a month and have been shocked by the welcome that we have received! 100 followers seems a huge milestone! And we appreciate you all! We're not

Potatoes have been a staple for Centuries. And with good reason! They're dead simple and, unlike some crops, they have weight, easily filling your belly. Plus, they're good in almost everything! We have

Do we finally have a remedy against dementia? Are you reading this post while sober? Why? I mean, keep reading, but why sober? : ) Does alcohol protect against dementia? I read about this study in a business

We have built a good many things with the free lumber we received and have already shown the $30 shed, but before that we built two A-frame chicken coops. One was to keep and one to sell, though we ended

We have been working on our house for 2 years now and its finally nearing completion. When we first moved here, we stayed in our camper while working our our house. You see people staying in campers all

When it comes to otherwise unaccounted for money, I have three main go-to's. Long term investment, as in silver. Long term savings, as in change for change, aka our savings for our next homestead.

The time has come for me to host my first contest and ask... That's a Broad Question! Alright, let's narrow it down a little then... What would you do on your Homestead with $50 SBD? And better yet...

As with anything in life you have to take both the good and the bad. The unfavorable experience I had when buying the chainsaw (see part 1) did not wholly put me off from using craigslist. Instead it instilled

I have been using craigslist for many years to both buy and sell. What I have found is, you really never know what or who you're going to get. The purpose of this article is three-fold. It will contain

This is a hard one!.... I have a tendency to equate embarrassment with failure' A concept we abandoned some time ago in regards to this way of life. Were in uncharted territory, if not historical at lest

Trying to define happiness is near impossible. Everyone has a different view on it. There is a vast number of answers I could give: Love, friendship, success, peace of mind, seeing the sunrise every morning.

After writing my article yesterday Homestead Happiness is... eating a meal you have grown / reared yourself and reading the positive comments it gave me an idea! I thought it would be neat to find out

Introduction Welcome to the Steemit #homesteadingchallenge! The goal of this challenge is to unite the Steemit homesteading community with an invigorating contest every few weeks!

Things are what you choose to believe they are. Given this, why would anyone willingly invest in the lesser of two ? Two nights back, around 10:30 or so, me and the wife were watching a movie. She crocheting,