Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
Anyone feeling slightly exhausted as we near the end of harvest season? *raises hand* Oh good. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Our raised bed garden has proven to be a considerable success this year, despite my fears I'd mess up the soil mix and kill everything like I did last year. However, I somehow forgot a side effect of the {sometimes elusive} successful garden is food. Lots and lots of food. Food that is my ...Continue Reading
I think I've found a new happy place... I've always enjoyed my garden, but I'll be honest, some years have been more stressful than others. There have been times where I found myself conveniently avoiding the garden area of the yard, as I didn't want to own the reality of dying vegetables, messy rows, and insane numbers of weeds. People would come for a visit and ask to the see the garden, and I'd gently steer them to the newborn ...Continue Reading
Yup. That'd be me. I found myself deep in thought last week as I was walked back to the house from doing barn chores. I had just assessed our garden, barn, and chicken coop, and was struck with a rather profound thought, which went something along the lines of, "I really suck at this." Ya'll. If there was a prize for the World's Worst Homesteader, it'd be MINE. As I surveyed our operation that night, my findings were ...Continue Reading
Once upon a time, there was a house. A little prairie house. It was born in 1918, a homesteader's dream, built to shelter a growing family from the harsh conditions of the high plains. It's seen a lot in the past 98 years. Lightning strikes. Blinding snowstorms. Rattlesnake infestations. A shop fire. Tornadoes. The Blizzard of '49. And relentless wind. Oh, the wind. Many families came and went after the ...Continue Reading
