Q and A: raising beef and orioles
Raising beef
I've been looking for information on raising my own calf or two for beef. Do you have some suggestions on what I need to do? I've raised my own chickens and turkeys but...
The cows got into our pumpkin/corn patch
Yesterday Will was bulldozing the horse manure in the horse pasture where we feed round bales all winter up into a compost pile. He noticed that the cows seemed to be too far north...
We’re taking out more walls!
You think we got a lot done when Will came to stay? Well this week, his son, Don, came for a visit from his home in Alaska. He is also a great carpenter and...
It’s called homesteading
While I'm busy watering gardens, picking and canning beans, Will is out "making hay while the sun shines." And boy-oh-boy have I been canning beans! Our Providers have sure outdone themselves providing food for...
Q and A: sick chicken and jars not sealing
Sick chicken
One of our old Rhode Island Reds isn't able to get on her feet since yesterday. She never even made it in the coop last night. She ate some mealworms and had...