So I crunched some more numbers after going back and looking at the cost of raising the cornish cross meat birds we've been enjoying on a weekly basis. I broke it down based on a dozen of them, since that's about how many a family of four would go through in about three months. We …
Continue reading Adventures in Homesteading: We’re Saving On Eggs, What About Meat? 🤔
Don't ask how I remembered how to even find let alone work the calculator, but I crunched the numbers a minute ago after reading about the average price of eggs being $3.59 right now. Which is double what they cost a year ago! We haven't bought eggs in forever so when I saw that, I …
Continue reading Adventures in Chicken Farming: So I Did Some Math
I am not only "allergic" to the modern world, I truly dislike it. The worst ugliness seen in nature is still spectacularly beautiful compared to what man produces in captivity. What I mean by that is I'd rather watch a lightning storm cause a wildfire to devour 100 year old giant redwood trees or see …
I'm going through photos today, trying to whittle down my vast collection of mostly bad shots, and I realized yet again just why we love this lifestyle! In the last few years we've grown/raised some of the best food I've ever eaten in my life. The Muscovy ducks are definitely coming back this spring. They …
Continue reading Adventures in Homesteading: It’s More Than Just Food
I don't know if it's common where you live, but over here in SE Idaho it's rare to go a week without a solar panel salesman ignoring your many "NO SOLICITING" signs to come knocking at the door. Seriously, I've had them come by during a snow storm and we both laughed about their tenacity …
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