The last couple of weeks on the homestead have held some loss. That is sort of the way of things when you are trying to grow living plants and animals but still, it can often be a sharp reminder of the fragility of it all. The loss we incurred with the meat birds really wasn’t…
There is no one right way to homestead; that much I have learned in six years. There are a plethora of circumstances folks bring with them when they endeavor to live on and from the land. Certainly our own situation was not all that unique, moving across country with two young children and another on…
It has been quite some time since I last baked with rye sourdough. After writing 100% Rye I took some time away from baking with rye, both because I was baking more wheat or gluten-free sourdough for other projects and also because I don’t like to stick with the same thing for a long time….
So the big news, since last week, is that we moved the birds out to their pasture run. First, Stewart put together what seems to be a fairly predator-proof house made from free pallets, inexpensive Craigslist tin, and a window that lets them out of their house in the morning. The part off the run…
