(See part 1 here) I had the day free, so I went surf fishing. Subconsciously, I’m positive it was just an excuse to go catch some mullet, since I never bring a castnet to the surf…yet today I had one. Good thing, I was catching
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One bad day
I really appreciate my animals. They provide companionship, therapy, and food. In order to return the favor, I do what I can to make sure they
More than just Dirt
Worked in the garden today. Had to get those seedlings I purchased earlier this week into the ground! As I was prepping the beds for their new residents, I noticed how
My Eggstrordinary Girls
I currently have four chickens, but the two pictured above are rather special to me, not because
Gardening
Current setup: Five raised beds with automatic waterers set to go off three times a day. Three self-watering boxes, “Earthbox” style, that I made myself Worm composter All compostable scraps put into the current “fallow” bed for the chickens to process. Raised bed and self-waterer contents: All have a mixture of composted horse manure and […]
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
Why grow your own food?
When one of my daughters was 5 years old, we noticed she was developing significantly faster than we thought she should be. Our pediatrician tested her and found
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 […]