Category Archives: Homestead

Potato Shaker / Soil Sifter

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Bill

Last year I made a sifter for sifting compost.  It’s just some 2×4’s screwed together with a piece of 1/2″ hardware cloth stapled to one side.  The rectangle is 35 x 27, with the two shorter sides of the rectangle … Continue reading →

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Lost Dog, again.

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Marisa

Sam met Taz at work and it was love at first site. Since work romances can get awkward Sam decided to adopt Taz. Taz was so named because of the collar he was wearing when he was found wandering the … Continue reading →

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Fertigation

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Bill

Ever since installing drip irrigation to our gardens, it has greatly reduced the amount of time spent each day watering.  One of the things I wanted to add from the start was a fertigation system.  We currently have 5 zones … Continue reading →

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The Littles are Sleeping!

Posted on June 16, 2023 by Marisa

They are all asleep, and that lasted about 10 minutes.  They came home on May 7th for comparison here is how they fit in that box back then.  They now take up the entire box and stand about as tall … Continue reading →

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I Accidentally Bought Another Chainsaw

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Bill

Ooops!  I saw a Jonsered CS 2240 on Ebay.  Ever since my 24 year old CS 2050 hasn’t been running well, I’ve wanted another mid size chainsaw.  This 2240 showed up on one of my searches.  There were no bids, … Continue reading →

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EcoGlow 20 Safety 600 Brooder from Binsea

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Marisa

I first heard about this brooder from The Chicken Chick you can find her webpage here https://the-chicken-chick.com/ Years ago what brought me to her page was poop, I’ve been a fan ever since.  While some of the things she does … Continue reading →

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What happens when you go to the store

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Marisa

It started innocently, we were working outside and the rain was coming which ended working outside.  I suggested we run to the feed store to get chick feed.  The decision had  been made to increase the flock size by hatching … Continue reading →

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Update on the chicken feed

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Marisa

We started adding in the new layer and meat bird dry foods the week of March 13, 2023. Up to this point we had been getting 1 – 3 eggs per day and many days there would be no eggs … Continue reading →

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Update on the bedding

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Marisa

The bedding has been down now for 3 weeks and while official spring is a ways down the calendar we have already had seriously wet weeks. So far I have to say I’m really pleased.  I put it down after … Continue reading →

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Change is for the birds re-deux

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Marisa

I’m a little late to the party but here we go.  We had been noticing that we just were not getting the eggs like we had been.  Now there are reasons for this: Lazy.  We just were not checking the … Continue reading →

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