Happy New Year! After a much needed unplugging, we’re back online. It’s been a busy couple of months, but we’re happy to report we finally found our new homestead and moved this fall. Finding the balance between our list of wants and needs and the right location was tough, but after looking far and wide weContinue reading “We’re back!”
Category Archives: Homesteading
Summer Days
Well, another month has passed and we’re having as much fun as ever. We are still house hunting which we knew would be a challenge but did not anticipate it taking so long to find the right home. We do have a very particular list of needs because of our long-term homesteading goals which hasContinue reading “Summer Days”
June Fun
The summer season has started off with a bang, and as usual there is never a dull moment on the homestead. I am off of work for the summer and have enjoyed having extra time around the house. We have had an early heat wave though and it has been too hot to get muchContinue reading “June Fun”
Month of May
Where did the month of May go? The time has flown by. We finally finished the pigs after nearly two weeks of breaking down meat and getting items ready for the freezer in the evenings after work. That was some real work! We thought this would be the easy part but it was one ofContinue reading “Month of May”
Pork Day
Well, our pigs are now pork. On April 27 we took the day off of work and with the help of some friends we killed and butchered our two pigs. It was a sad and difficult task to have to kill them, this was something neither of us had ever done before, but after aContinue reading “Pork Day”
Happy Earth Day
Pig Decisions
It’s been a crazy busy couple of weeks on the homestead. We’ve had a birthday, both families in town for a visit, lots of outdoor fun taking kayaking and fishing trips, and of course lots of work in the garden and with the animals. We have eagerly planted all of our Spring and Summer veggies.Continue reading “Pig Decisions”
Spring Garden
Phew! Spring is starting out to be busy. We have both had extra busy weeks with work stuff and are trying to fit in home projects when we can in order to help us get ready for the season. Thankfully, the past two Sundays have been very productive. We spent all day one Sunday building 260Continue reading “Spring Garden”
Winter on the Homestead
We’ve just been hit with another round of snow. Five inches this time. I have been able to go to work only three and a half days in the past two weeks, and even Michael’s work has closed and restaurants rarely do. This has been quite a February on the homestead. Seems like endless winterContinue reading “Winter on the Homestead”
Welcome to the homestead!
Thank you for visiting! What began as an attempt at a small container garden outside of our old, tiny (500 square foot) apartment has grown over the past few of years into a small backyard farm on a half-acre. As our backyard experiment has evolved, we have thought about how best to document and share ourContinue reading “Welcome to the homestead!”
A Gentleman's Farm 