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  • 2018 Homestead Plans
    Farming,  Gardening,  Homesteading,  Projects

    2018 Homestead Plans

    February 13, 2018 /

    Homesteading plans are almost never concrete, but that doesn't mean that we don't still try and make some!

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    A Changing Landscape

    A Changing Landscape

    April 12, 2017

    More Changes!

    April 21, 2017
    Homesteading Hardships

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    July 10, 2017
  • Crazy Days of Summer
    About Us,  Gardening,  Homesteading,  Projects

    Crazy Days of Summer

    August 2, 2017 /

    The month of July in review.

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    Homeschooling While Homesteading With Young Children.

    Homeschooling While Homesteading With Young Children

    February 9, 2017

    Meet The Kids

    August 11, 2016

    2018 Homestead Plans (After the Fire)

    May 20, 2018
  • Solving Predator Problems: Chicken Tractor Electrification
    Farming,  Homesteading

    Chicken Tractor Electrification

    July 20, 2017 /

    With predators being common in our area, we needed to get aggressive in our chicken protection plan...for us, the only solution was electrification.

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    Homesteading Hardships

    Homesteading Hardships

    July 10, 2017
    If You're Gonna Be a Meat Eater

    If You’re Gonna Be a Meat Eater

    October 3, 2018
    Rats, Raccoons, and Chickens

    Rats, Raccoons and Chickens

    July 27, 2016
  • Homesteading Hardships
    Farming,  Gardening,  Homesteading

    Homesteading Hardships

    July 10, 2017 /

    We've been encountering a lot of obstacles on the homestead recently, but attitude has everything to do with overcoming them!

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    Rats, Raccoons, and Chickens

    Rats, Raccoons and Chickens

    July 27, 2016

    Harvesting Black Walnuts

    January 27, 2017

    Happy Holidays!

    December 27, 2016
  • What a lovely view to come home to!
    Gardening,  Homesteading,  Projects

    And I’m Feeling Good…

    June 12, 2017 /

      I could really easily gripe about all of the things that went wrong over the past week or so.  I mean, there were so many things that did not go right.  But there were so many things that happened that were great, and I’d rather focus on that.  So even though there was a lot that went wrong, I’m feeling good… I’m a bit behind in my writing, so I want to go back and cover anything I may have missed.  It appears as though all of my gardening/homesteading blogging friends have also been extremely busy, because they have been just as “bad” about keeping up with their writing…

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    Homesteading Hardships

    Homesteading Hardships

    July 10, 2017

    Let’s Talk About Food: It’s More Important Than You Realize

    March 22, 2020
    All Around The Mulberry Bush

    All Around the Mulberry Bush

    August 2, 2016
  • A Changing Landscape
    Farming,  Gardening,  Homesteading

    A Changing Landscape

    April 12, 2017 /

    I am so excited to share all of the things that we are currently working on here, that I don’t know where to begin!  It’s going to be such a crazy year with so many, many changes to come 🙂  I’m not sure how much we are going to be able to accomplish this year, but based on what we have been able to do so far, I’m feeling pretty good about the changes to come.   We had several things slow us down last year, most notably our little baby E, but he’s almost a year old now, and my energy level is in a completely different place than…

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    October 27, 2016
    Homesteading Hardships

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    Happy Holidays!

    December 27, 2016
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Spring Lake Homestead
Hi there! I'm Danielle, "author" on Spring Lake Homestead. We are a family of 8, living in rural Wisconsin, and learning how to do this whole homesteading thing...together. Thanks for joining us!

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