We haven’t taken on many new projects as of late; as I wrote about recently our focus has shifted to doing fewer things well. We are continuing to milk the goats, tend the chickens and rabbits, and homeschool. We also homestead in other ‘little’ ways. We cook from scratch, we knit and sew, we cut our boys’ hair ourselves …. anything where you’re not hiring someone out or buying something pre-made is certainly homesteading. Rachel has been a rockstar in…
Things you don’t know until you have a homestead: it’s amazing what a relief it is to move young poultry out of the upstairs bathroom and into the barn. They’re not exactly smelly, but the odor from their food is kind of odd, they kick shavings around, and they take up space. And the bathroom is an awfully private room to have to share, even if they are just chicks. This is the fourth (ish?) time we’ve had young poultry…
This past week we went on our first of 2 apple picking trips. In about 10 minutes, the boys picked 108 pounds of apples. No, I am not making use of hyperbole – the cashier weighed it out and we have 108 pounds of apples. To be sure, we usually pick a good 50 or 60 pounds every year to make apple sauce, and it’s usually over the course of (what seems like) many hours of whining, weedling, and trips…
That’s a very good question – we’ve been involved in so much that I’m not even sure what we’ve been up to. August flew by so fast and was such a blur that I can’t confidently say that August happened. Yet as it is Labor Day weekend I have to come to the conclusion that it must have. I feel like we’ve accomplished nothing, yet I know that is not true – we have done a TON! We’ve had one…
Flora left our farm today. She went to live with friends of ours who will use her as a milk goat. It wasn’t an easy decision, but it was the right decision for us, our friends and for Flora. Flora hasn’t enjoyed living with us, as Pepper and Peony are far too dominant for her. Pepper and Peony are their own ‘squad’ and it’s clear that Flora is not part of it. Our friends have Nigerian Dwarf Goats, much smaller…