Another brief, yet somewhat comical setback has been with the fruit trees and bushes we ordered back in November.  We really thought we would be in our “new” home by December, so we bought several varieties of apple, peach, plum, and pear trees, ten in all, plus a raspberry bush, a blueberry bush, and two… Continue reading Trees in Buckets!!

We have officially started planning and purchasing things for our homestead.   This week, after months of deliberation and research I decided to buy a chicken coop rather than build one.  We had hoped to keep our initial costs lower by using reclaimed pallets to build our first coop.  I read articles about coop size,… Continue reading Starting off with a chuckle….