My first baby chicks hatched at Bobblehead Homestead by my own hens. YIPPEE!!! My cool neighbor with the cows had a broody hen and hatched 8 chicks for me and gave me the hen, but these were the first

This morning I stood beside one of my zinnia garden beds and took these pictures in just a few minutes. An amazing variety of butterflies show up every day here, and I absolutely love it. This is a Giant

I decided to take pictures of some flowers this morning in case they all died in the 106 degree heat got today :) My first morning glories and I saw a hummingbird checking them out! Cosmos. I've got 300

I bought these 2.8 acres for $5k. Can't complain about the sunsets. These are 4 o'clocks after 8pm. I routinely get rewarded when I stay outside until the sun goes down.

Before I started my quest to start a homestead, I had heard of luffa sponges but didn't know they came from these dried out gourds. A YouTube friend sent some seeds he saved from his luffa gourds and now

My neighbor had a hen that went broody (when a hen wants to hatch eggs) and he offered to put some of my eggs under her. 21 days later I've got 8 baby chicks and he gave me the hen also. They are in a

Maybe someone would have bought these for $4 at our garage sale if I took Steem as payment. Or maybe not. No matter, still looks good to me. As an introvert I must say a garage sale takes as much out of

I got here last October, it was all weeds and brush then, and this is where I'm at now. From left to right - carpet down for a walking path, zinnias blooming nicely, cosmos I hope will start blooming nicely,

That's a female above, I believe. The next pic the male comes in to take over. This is the male American Goldfinch And both of them together. One of the first things I planted this spring were sunflowers

Since I got to my homestead property last October, I just haven't had the time for Steemit. I am spread way too thin and fussing with all the bugs on here trying to write a blog post wasn't a pleasant

It was quick and easy, with no scratches. Yes, I know, its' been a couple months. I'm kinda busy, but there's more to it than that, which I'll explain here at a later date. I have been posting very regular

$9/gallon bargain bin paint, that's why I painted my floor orange. The floor is made of particle board and it was degrading into dust. By painting the floor, the primer and paint acts as an adhesive and

I've been hard at work for much of the past two weeks, and a few things are starting to take shape nicely around my new homestead. I'm still not able to sleep overnight there yet, so the hour commute each

These four hens have been on their own since at least the end of July when the previous owner left. I don't think he did much to take care of them before then either as there is no coop of any kind on

My first day at the homestead was eventful, but I didn't expect this. A limping, skinny cat meowed at me all day and wouldn't let me leave it's sights. I tried to approach it a couple times to see why

I'm staying with a relative about 45 miles away from my place until I get it ready enough to start sleeping there. On the way there I cross the Arkansas River in Dardenelle. (All pictures taken by me.)

With a travel day and a work day out of the way, I've got some catching up to do. I'm a horrible photographer, especially when I'm driving and hoping I aimed the camera good enough, but I'm gonna share

Well, it finally happened. My buyer was approved this morning and we finished the deal!!! The sense of relief I have right now is beyond words that I can come up with. So here's a bad selfie instead. I've

The old mattress is gone. I dropped it off at the recycling center today. Tomorrow or Tuesday I should find out if my buyer here in Illinois is a done deal. Then I should make it to Arkansas by Friday.

Joel Salatin from Polyface Farms released a statement on their Facebook page today and I thought it very worthy of sharing far and wide. The rest of this post in italics below Joel's picture is the full