I try to do something 'homesteady' every day, and today is no different. I began the morning with some fresh eggs which are thankfully back again after the girls went into hibernation during that deep arctic cold blast last week. I had just used up my frozen stock and I needed eggs for a few …
Continue reading Adventures in Homesteading: Little Things Daily
It's still pretty cold out there at 15F today but that feels like a warm summer day compared to our record breaking lows of -35. It was so cold that the hubby ended up staying home for a few extra days (aw darn lol!) because his truck simply wouldn't stay running. 🥶 His wasn't the …
Continue reading Adventures in Survival: Whew! Glad That’s Over!
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? 🤔
Something woke the pack up at 3am and despite our best efforts we never could figure out what it was. Whatever it was got their attention over by the chicken coop so we figure it might have been our owl visiting. Hardly any sleep was to be had once we were up at that ungodly …
Imagine you suddenly find yourself with just seconds to look around you and decide, with no time for careful debate, what to grab before you run out of the house, desperately fleeing from whatever disaster has befallen your abode (fire, flood, meteor strike). 😮 Maybe you've been in this situation already and know exactly what …
Continue reading Adventures in Prepping: WWYT (What Would You Take)?
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