Homesteader Life

A few years ago I tried Neptune’s Harvest Liquid Fish on some plants that were growing in poor soil and was really impressed with it. While we all strive to use as few inputs as possible, when you need extra nutrients for a crop, fish is my favorite “store bought” fertilizer. I […]

Growing up I knew nothing about Patrick the evangelist to Ireland. It was not until recently that I came across his confession and wanted to learn more about him. After coming to the reformed faith out of a baptistic past, I soon found the value in learning about the great saints of the […]

Here’s my plan for farming in the “post oil age”.

Many thanks to the folks at The Modern Homestead website for giving Homesteader Life the Best Blog Award for the month of March. I’m humbled and honored. To tell the truth, I never knew the site existed until I get an email from Bob Senz telling me about the award. Be sure […]

Although most Americans are still in denial, the age of cheap oil is over. For those of us who have been arguing for a return to agrarian ideas and local economies, this is good news. Not to say the effects of this crisis won’t hurt everyone for a while, but the only logical […]

The boys have talked me into reading the Little House series again. We’ve read them all at least once and some 4 times or more. They love them. Family reading time is one of the highlights of our day, the boys never fail to give their commentary as we read along. […]

Well, it looks like I’ve missed the first sap run of the season. The weather has been kooky to say the least and the last couple of times that I’ve held off tapping I was happy that I did. This time I probably could have got 4 or 5 good days of sap. […]

Thanks to a friend from church, our computer troubles have been resolved. Not only are we back online but some other problems have been fixed as well. We can, for example, comment on Blogger blogs again. Its good to back.
In other news, since I last posted on here, Leah has informed me that […]