Homesteader Life

In years past I could count the number of families that had had gardens on my hand (with a few fingers left over). As most of you know we build some manure piles every year so that we can have composted manure for our gardens. We always have a few folks stop and […]

Been busy with the garden the last week or so. This has a been a strange spring and I’m way behind where I’d like to be this time of year. It will get down bellow freezing tonight, so the tomatoes and peppers will have to wait a few days before I dare put […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters
Regular readers of Homesteader Life probably remember that in 2007 we held an essay contest on Restoring the Home Economy. If you missed the fun, you can check it out Here. Folks have been asking if we we’re planning on having one this year. It had been my plan […]

A common complaint by those who want to dive into agrarianism is that they just don’t have enough land. They sit and dream, they dream and grumble. How much land do I need? That is the ever asked question these days. As Salatin wisely asked, “What are you doing with what […]

One thing I like about James Jordon is that when ever I read or listen to him I learn some really neat detail about the scriptures that I’ve overlooked. I was reading something that Jordon wrote the other day about Mary. When it was written “Blessed are you among women” (Luke 1:42) it […]

The other night, Noah had put some thing that looked like a crown on Isaiah’s head. I laughed and said that he was the “supreme ruler of Nanticoke”. Johnny looked at me with awful look on his face. He said, “Dad. I really don’t think thats very funny at all. We […]

Its been wet and chilly the last few days. Hard to get to exited about anything, didn’t even make it back to my blog to follow up on the comments of my last post. The wood fire is putting off some heat and I’m enjoying it, so I thought I’d stop in […]

In the past I’ve taken a lot of flack from “conservatives” for pointing out that Austrian Economic Theory is a form idolatry. The center of the austrian world is “The Market”, it governs all things and has its own system of “Laws”. It is incompatble with biblical Christianity, which says that Christ is […]

It sure seemed like spring would never get here this year, but it is now in full swing. The milks cows have been grazing for a few weeks and the dry cows are now out on their own pasture so the milkers don’t have to compete with them. All the calves, except the […]