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  • Homestead Plans

    So, we bought this land in December of 2015, and started to make trips out here right away. We didn’t move here permanently until March 2016. So we have not spent a full year on the property yet. I think it’s important to not make major decisions about the land until we have been through…

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  • Okay, this post is late. I’ve been  been dealing with a lot of stuff, okay? And this post is not including the story of the dog and the snakebite, with I might type of later. This year we’ve been living without some modern conveniences, which many people would consider basic needs. I don’t plan on living…

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  • Well being stuck on the homestead with almost no gas has actually been kind of good for us. We got a lot accomplished. A friend of ours from town gave us a lot of leftover building materials, including plywood, some of which were treated or painted on one side, a few 2 by 4s, a…

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  • 18 Berry Bushes to Grow in Your Yard: How-T0 Guides How to Grow A Modern Hedgerow 5 Ways to Start a Community Garden Self-Fertilizing Hay Bale Garden Beds 16 DIY Smokehouse Ideas What is vertical gardening? Edible Weeds 101: Health Benefits of Stinging Nettles How to Grow Microgreens 106 Used Pallet Projects

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  • g At the moment that I type this, I am exhausted, my hands are scratched and covered in sticky cedar resin, and I think there’s a new hole in the sole of my boots. And I’ve never been happier. Working on the homestead is can be tiring, but it much more satisfying than anything I’ve…

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  • Homestead Update

    So, months ago, in this post, I wrote about stock-piling food during my harvest post. The essence of it was, besides harvesting from my garden (which was only producing a small amounts then), whenever I ran into a particularly good sale of canned goods I bought an outrageous amount with basically whatever money I had.…

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  • I can’t wait to build one of these!

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