We finally finished the chicken coop! Last night we picked up our 3 hens and rooster. The story behind how we go them is something that I know my peers here will find interesting. A friend of mine went

It's old, and green, and kinda squeaky! It's a john deer gator. When you have 13 acres, you have to have a way to get around. There is no way to deny that. This is what we look like driving around our

While we aren't completely off grid yet, and my partner and I both work jobs off the homestead, we have cut out many things that take up our time from our homestead, our Sawyer, and our couple time together.

After over 4 years of experimentation and trial and error, we can tell you what we have found works best for raising chickens off grid. You of course want good egg productions, meat production, the ability

I just wanted to give an update on the chicken house. It has been a pain to get it all painted! I try to do most of the work when Sawyer isn't home, or I have someone around to help out with her because

homestead wishlist It probably sounds silly to most people but one of my checklist items for buying our homestead was to be far away enough from neighbors and have enough land to make my own shooting range.

Everyone in homestead circles says that chickens are the gateway animal. I can't say that they're wrong. They did something to my heart that I'm pretty sure can't change back. When we still lived in the

There is water everywhere! My counters are covered in cheese!!!!! HELP! "Can I do that?" That's a phrase that I have heard since Sawyer was 8 months old. In her early stages, I wore Sawyer in

Bees are not the only pollinators that are at risk for extinction, so are bats, birds, butterflies, and some flies, all that can pollinate to help your garden. Supplies of chocolate and coffee are at risk

When my hubby calls and tells me he got me a surprise, I can't get home quick enough. He's never disappointing me with his goodies ! I've been surprised with hose sprayers for the garden , and ho's and

So when Blake and I decided that we were going to leap into homesteading one thing that we discussed is that we didn't want to get any animals until we had adequate fencing, outbuildings, food storage

Okay, so I have to film with my iPad so please forgive any novice mistakes as far as the filming goes! I got the front of the chicken house painted and I'm super happy with how it turned out! We decided

This is my favorite angle of the house! The garden beds Blake and I builtin the driveway and had to pick up and carry them to where they are now permanently going to live. As you can see I'm currently

We built a chicken house in a month!!! There are still a lot of finishing touches we need for example putting a door handle on, and nailing up hardware fabric on the "windows". There is Sawyer

Hey there, my name is Kasey...and unlike most homesteaders I have yet to name our place! We have 13 acres of forest that my partner and I are converting into a more sustaining little home. We went with

Okay Steemit! This will be my first post here, and I plan to do an introduction next (backwards I know) So last winter we officially became dwellers of our 13 acre homestead in the pacific northwest, and