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  • Chicken Feeder
    Projects

    Chicken Feeder

    June 28, 2017 /

    Building a hanging chicken feeder: We needed a solution for our chicken feeder problem, and were able to piece together a simple hanging feeder with parts we had on hand.

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    A Family Learning to Grow Together

    The Road To Self-Sufficiency: Growing Our Skills

    January 4, 2017
    A Homemade Holiday: Pajama Pants

    A Homemade Holiday: Pajama Pants

    November 1, 2018

    A Homemade Holiday from Spring Lake Homestead

    October 22, 2018
  • Root Stock and Tree Grafting
    Homesteading

    Root Stock And Tree Grafting (Part 1)

    April 28, 2017 /

    One of our latest experiments on the homestead includes learning how to propagate root stock for apple trees as well as learning how to graft.

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    Making Maple Syrup

    Making Maple Syrup

    March 18, 2017
    Homestead Kids

    Homestead Kids

    March 7, 2018

    Bees: Part 2

    May 10, 2017
  • Projects

    Building a Kitchen Cabinet

    April 3, 2017 /

    Part 2: How we built the kitchen cabinet, and what tools and materials we used.

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    A Big Table And Another Room Makeover In The Making

    January 20, 2017
    Fall Flurry

    Fall Flurry

    October 18, 2017
    Making Maple Syrup

    Making Maple Syrup

    March 18, 2017
  • Taking Down the Barn
    Farming,  Homesteading,  Projects

    Taking Down The Barn

    February 1, 2017 /

    Last winter, we had to make the hard decision to take our barn down.  It was a hard call to have to make, but after carefully considering all of the options, we knew it was the right call.

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    Piggies

    May 8, 2021

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

    March 22, 2020

    Raising Feeder Pigs: The First Few Days

    April 22, 2021
  • Farming,  Gardening,  Recipes

    Harvesting Black Walnuts

    January 27, 2017 /

    Black walnuts have a bit of a bad reputation, not for their taste, but for the amount of work it takes to harvest them, the stain they can leave behind, and because the nuts grow new trees very easily ( a problem for some, not for others).  This fall, we decided to put their taste and time consumption to the test.

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    Solving Predator Problems: Chicken Tractor Electrification

    Chicken Tractor Electrification

    July 20, 2017
    A Changing Landscape

    A Changing Landscape

    April 12, 2017

    Butchering Season

    November 7, 2021
  • A Family Learning to Grow Together
    Farming,  Gardening,  Homesteading,  Projects

    The Road To Self-Sufficiency: Growing Our Skills

    January 4, 2017 /

    How we will be growing our skills together, as a family in 2017, and why skills matter when it comes to self-sufficiency

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    Less Than a Month

    July 25, 2022

    Piggies

    May 8, 2021

    Meat Chickens

    October 21, 2016
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