A homestead lifestyle blog
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What’s Been Going On at the Homestead
Hey, y’all! Sorry I haven’t been around lately, my aunt passed away followed by two of my dogs and more quail than I care to think about. The quail are doing much better since we moved them outside into an aviary last month. In short, our homestead is now thriving! Starting on February 16th, our […]
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Why We Added Quail to Our Homestead
Originally we were going to add thirty turkeys to our backyard homestead, but after hours of searching we couldn’t find any. Well, we could find older toms, but we want to raise turkeys so we don’t have to buy more later. Can’t do that without at least one hen. So we started looking into quail. […]
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Preparing For the Improbable
I got to thinking about this the week before Christmas when temperatures here in Alabama hit a record low of eight degrees Fahrenheit one night. The next night was only twelve! We’ve been here for about fifteen years and the coldest it has ever been was fourteen degrees. How do you prepare for something that […]
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Start Small With Your Homestead
The last thing you want to do is to start off with a lot on your homestead. This isn’t going to do anything except overwhelm you and you will fail. Set small manageable goals. Do you have a garden? If not, that’s a great place to start! We started by going mostly off-grid. About 80% […]