Homesteader Life

We have spent a bit of time talking about the importance of leaving our children and their children material inheritance. Land, barns, and gold are blessing for sure. Wanting to be able to give our covenant children these things is admirable and faithful. But there is another kind of inheritance that is equally, if not […]

Amy Scott hit the nail on the head with her comment on my last post regarding used vs new cars.
“The difference is in spending your money on appreciating vs. depreciating assets. “

In fact, that is the very point I was trying to get across. A car is a good example because everyone buys and owns […]

Sometimes it seems that the younger you catch the “Agrarain Vision” the better. By the time your in your 30’s or 40’s it seems you have made so many mistakes in life that you’ll have to settle for building a farm for the kids and not yourself. Lets face it, debt is the norm in […]

Well Folks, we’ve been pretty busy round here lately. We’ve been working on getting the canning finished up and the pantry filled. Looks like another lean winter for the farm, money wise, so we’re trying to get all our ducks in a row before the snows 6 ft deep and its blowing and howling out. […]

This post is for all my readers who live in town and keep having the “if I only had some land” thoughts. The other day Leah and I were riding in the car and couldn’t help but notice all the land around here that is just sitting there doing nothing. We passed field after field […]

Man, it sure is cold in here. Just stuck my head out from under the wool blankets that are piled 3 deep, and its probably -40 in the cabin this morning. I guess everyone sleep pretty sound last night, cause it don’t feel like anybody put any wood on the fire. Yup, its out for […]

Blacksmithing is a lot fun and a good skill for a homesteader to learn. There have been a few articles in magazines on this subject, of building a forge. Several articles I’ve seen had some pretty goofy looking forges made of all sorts of things including wheel rims! The last forge I built was made […]

The last few steps were murder on my poor legs and back, we had been plugging along all day. We stopped for water a few hours ago and I knew the next time I stopped walking, I’d be done for the day. We were in the alpine mountains, out in the Wrangle wilderness. We were […]

The layered compost experiment has done very well for us in the garden. Plans are to expand it now, for next year. I brought up a round bale tonight and plan on rolling it out and wetting it down. I’m going to mix the layers of hay with chicken manure, composted […]

We have been very busy. I have not had much time to spend on blogging. The garden continues to grow and Leah has been doing a lot of canning. The meat chicks are out on grass and enjoying the fresh air. Having raised them indoors, in my younger days, I can’t believe how much happier […]