A month or so ago, I came across an article about a family living in a small condo by the beach. Allegedly, they received a nasty note saying that they were ‘selfish’ for having their two- and four-year-old in such a small space when they ‘deserve a yard to play in.’ I’ve wanted to put my thoughts into words awhile ago, but it’s taken me a bit to figure out what I actually think about that. Firstly, whomever is behind this…
No, that title is NOT making use of hyperbole! It literally was the snowiest two days ever recorded in November. If I were to update our header photo, this is what it would look like: Fortunately, I’d thought to transplant the blueberry bushes only 3 days prior when the thermometer was sitting at 65 and there were no signs of snow in the forecast. Some might think it lucky that I had just so HAPPENED to forgo other plans to get these…
I originally thought starting a homesteading blog in autumn was going to be tough. After all, the year is winding down, and having just moved with no gardens established it’s not like we could post about harvests or anything of the like. I’ve come to realize I was wrong. Well, only partly wrong. Autumn IS a tough time to get a homesteading blog going, but not from lack of blog topic material. It’s been quite the opposite, actually. I’ve been so…
Of all things, why keep rabbits? People often give us a sideways glance when they discover that we raise them. Meanwhile, those who confess that they have a backyard flock of chickens don’t seem to get the same funny look. But rabbits? It’s odd. That’s okay. I’m odd, so it works. Kidding aside, it’s a legitimate question: why raise rabbits? They don’t give milk, they don’t lay eggs and you can’t get bacon from them. What advantage is there to raising rabbits…
Gabe and I spent the day putting up fencing with a little help from the rest of the family later on in the afternoon. The fencing will be for a duck pen, and later (we hope) for dairy animals. Surprisingly, everything was much easier than I thought it would be. After last year’s Rabbit Shed Fiasco (yes, it deserves capitalization), I was expecting a more difficult time. In case you were wondering, I’ll chronicle the steps on how to build…