I have not been able to get on steemit for the last few days. It just would never load. then sometimes it would partly load. Not sure if it is my old laptop or the internet. Anyway I am so glad to be back.

I am so thankful that I can still work at my age. I have been clearing brush around the old house on our property all day today using a chain saw and getting up and down off a tractor. I know many men

We LOVE harvesting our concord grapes every year from our backyard. When God gifts us an abundance, we pick them by the pounds and make good, juicy JAM! This year, after we picked, sorted and cleaned them,

For those new to my cause: I quit my corporate job to find and sell anything I can. Two and a half years later, 2,550+ items sold, debt free, a stockpile of cryptos, and free to live as I choose. You can

We have some great homesteading and gardening books AND A large canner . We want to do some "Give Aways" on steemit but don't know the first thing about it. We need someone to guide us in the

Every year we have two or three big sales. I was a picker forty years before American Pickers showed up. I buy and sell antiques, junk, and yard art materials. Every year we used to have to travel to these

I have no idea why these trees are doing this. We have not had any cold weather yet. These trees are 50 years old though. We have no idea what kind they are but they are good for cooking or eating. We

A few years ago, my parents were driving across the state line to visit a gas station so that they could buy lottery tickets. (Our state doesn't have a lottery.) It was cold and dark and my mother had

We started our homestead with a camper, twenty acres and a dream of living a money free, self sustainable, off-grid life. With next to nothing! We had just enough money for a small down payment on owner

We will not be here Friday or Saturday either one. (We are never here on Saturday by the way) so we will not be seeing replies or responding until Saturday night. We will be gone starting this evening.

Full STEEM Ahead! A lot of interesting people are already on steemit. A lot more are joining. Within our steemit ecosystem, we all have roles to play and ideas that we can help make a reality. There are

When your facing a mountain with a teaspoon it helps to have someone else beside you willing to pick up a spoon or at least cheer you on. My wife is all that and more. She has been in a power chair for

This week My Homestead Education is beginning a weekly contest. Rules are simple. Watch, Upvote, Comment, Resteem and Follow for your chances to win the weekly contest. Each video I post here on Steemit

Is owning our own home a dream or an illusion, we want to put our roots down and own a little slice of paradise to call our own to show we have achieved something in our life. In achieving that goal/dream

It's been a little rough lately. Had to put a roof on the house. Someone stole our chainsaw. Both vehicles went down. The truck's brakes went south one a four lane in the city. it was raining so that was

I didn't know you could do this. How does it work? And how can I communicate with this person?

Well, we finally got our first significant payout from steemit and turned it all into Steem Power so now when we upvote someone it will at least pay them a little bit. We wish it was more and it will be.

I’m Sheila Johnson, Timothy’s wife, at Leaving-Egypt. I will be sharing some of my household homestead knowledge, gained from nearly 70 years of experience, and I hope it proves interesting and beneficial

The price is currently down almost 20%. So I did a little research (about a minute or so) and found this article .This article is from August LAST YEAR. These type of things fluctuate for a combination

Today, I am beginning a discussion of the infrastructure of the homestead, by this I mean all of the buildings, fences, and other construction on the homestead. This could be the most important area of