Homesteader Life

We got quite a bit of rain this morning. We sure do need it. The pastures are short and we had to start feeding the cows hay again. We don’t have a lot of hay this year and every bale we feed now will be one we can’t feed this winter. Try not to worry […]

OK, back to the evaporator. You will use the fuel tank to make a firebox. I used one thats vertical. Cut the top half or third off with a torch or a metal cutting blade for your circular saw. Pull it out away from the buildings and burn off any left over fuel oil that’s […]

I thought this might be a good summer project for folks that want to start making maple syrup. If you have a nice heated shop you could wait until winter, but I figure most folks don’t. Making syrup is one of my favorite homestead projects. Its another great way to provide your family with a […]

John got a packbasket and a Victor 1.5 Jump Trap for his birthday. He is reading the latest issue of Fur-Fish-Game. He told me, “I’m a trapper man, but I’m still a cow man too.”

In the rare case that you are not a regular reader of Chad Degenhart’s Blog, I took the liberty of sniping this comment from this Post.
So where’s the best place to be for an agrarian community?
A place where believers will humble themselves and truly keep covenant together long enough to build it. Though good land […]

When I was growing up I loved spending time in the woods. I would often get my morning chores done and grab my pack and head down the trail and not come back till evening. Looking back, the time spent in those woods really helped shape my life in a lot of ways. I was […]

Several years ago I came to the conclusion that our farm needed to become more diversified. In my quest for a diversity I made a few mistakes that I would like to share. The first thing I did was put sheep up on the hill. My parents then added a meat goat herd down on […]

It may seem strange, but the simple life is an extremely complex life. The world of a family farmer is one almost unexplainable to the nonfarmer. I will do my best to explain though.
When city folk ask “what do you do for a living?” they usually all have the same look on there faces when […]

Leah and Noah are off to a wedding shower, so John and I went fishin’ after milking. We caught some sunfish out of a pond and are fixin’ to eat em. It just started raining. We need rain, so I’m happy. The milk tester is comming in the morning. Thats when the DHIA man comes […]

CAFTA

If you hadn’t heard, CAFTA passed the senate. That means it will be voted on in the house very soon. Find and email your representative Here. Let them know you want them to vote NO on this awfull thing. This is a great chance for us to strike a blow against the globalist elite.
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