My four adult chickens have been giving us an average of 3.75 eggs a day for the last month or so, which is the normal rate for roughly March until about September. About two weeks ago, I noticed the egg production was tapering off, with one or two eggs a day becoming routine. Being early […]
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Updates 12 Apr 12
Updated the Gardening and Rabbits pages. I don’t always mention when I do, so check back often. Gardens are doing well and spring is well on its way. The mango tree is looking like it will be another bumper crop, as long as we don’t get any nasty wind like we did two years ago. […]
Family Additions, or “We went to a small livestock sale”
A local feed store offered to allow owners of small livestock to bring in any animals for sale, and at no charge, allow folks to buy and sell using their ample space. I looked at this as an opportunity to get some more
Rabbits
Here is my rabbit raising timeline. I will update this as I breed, harvest, sell, trade, etc. I will try to post anything other than feeding or interacting with them. Water is on an automatic gravity system that provides for all rabbits, ducks, chickens, and quail. Daily rabbit feeding and takes about 5 minutes. I […]
Calendars
I am trying to log my every day homesteading work for your benefit as well as my own. Go here for my rabbits timeline of work invested and returns: http://floridahillbilly.com/calendars/rabbits/ —- Go here for my birds timeline of work invested and returns: http://floridahillbilly.com/birds-chickens-ducks-quail/ —- Go here for my garden timeline of work invested and returns: […]
Emberlit Stove review
Over the weekend, while assisting with teaching the Green Earth Survival School class, I had the chance to show off both my selection of
My choice in animals for “Urbansteading”
Living 5o feet from another family makes certain choices VERY important. Your TV volume, height of your fence, amount of clothing to wear in your back yard, and what animals you can raise without causing
Whoami?
As I was typing out my plans for 2012, I realized you probably don’t know what I have currently, or what my homestead situation is. So here it goes. I’m married, two daughters at home, another married and on her own out of state.My wife, Elizabeth, works as an analyst with two weeks in her […]