Homesteader Life

Learning From Each Other
When I started Homesteader Life I hoped it would become a place for Agrarian minded Christians to share ideas and information on simple living. It seems to have accomplished that. We have been blessed to have some regular commenters that are quite knowledgeable in many areas and have freely shared ideas and […]

In answer to a few questions.
In our neck of the woods we trap Red Fox, Grey Fox, Muskrats, Beavers, Coons, Mink and Coyotes. Sometimes we spend more time on one or another, depending on population numbers and fur prices. We limit the number of ‘rats we take out of our little ponds ond streams. I […]

Trapping is an important part of growing up in the country. Its a great way to learn about the woods, animals, and how to make money. Many a young mans first hard earned dollar was made from the sale of wild fur. It may be hard to make a living as a full time trapper, […]

The cows are milked and it was a little cooler in the barn this morning. The heat is killing me lately. We got a good rain yesterday. Of course I got stuck out in it right before milking and had to milk with wet clothes. It was worth it, if it makes the grass grow. […]

I almost forgot about promising a “name that calf” contest until I saw it was mentioned on David Black Online. So here we go, I have a calf sired by “Forever” out of my pride and joy, Ahren Lea Imperial Elsie. All calves in the Elsie family have names that start with “E”. The Prize….. […]

Well, today is our 5th anniversary. Many thanks to my lovely bride Leah for putting up with me for 5 long years! I will admit that being married to me is probably not the easiest thing in the world. Leah has stood by my side through thick and thin (mostly thin). She has followed me […]

We had a great day. Had several cows raised a couple of points to 87 and 88, but no new Excellents. The best part was the 2 year olds out of our own herd bull Ter-View Rocco Ivan. The average score of a 2 year old in the US is a measly 76 points. Pretty […]

Today we score the cows. We have a group of 2 year olds out of one my own homebred bulls, it will be interesting to see what happens. Even in the world of cows, politics rears its ugly head. If the classifier happens to be an “index man” and he notices the signs above my […]

What a Monday. We had a thunder storm that blew every thing that wasn’t nailed down half way across the county. We lost power at noon. By milking time we still didn’t have any. The power company said it would be back up by 8 pm. We couldn’t find a generator, so we waited. The […]

Raw Milk
We plan to start looking into what steps we have to take to start selling raw milk. We think there is a pretty good market here to tap into. It would compliment the eggs and grass fed broilers, make like a kind of “one stop shopping experience”. I recently heard about a dairy north […]