Recent events made it clear for us we needed a fence asap. We all know fencing can be very expensive so the first thing that comes to mind is to work with what you have. We scrambled together what we have

Oh dear I’m a bit late for celebrations but it’s been a year since I’ve been active on steemit. I've joined in early February 2019 and it's been great. Party time! I’ve read a lot of fun stuff this year

Dear steemians, (regular readers, my apologies about this rant but I have to get it off my chest. I hope you will understand.) Lately we have been having increasing trouble with our neighbours who are

I’m a bit behind with keeping you guys up to date. Storm Ciara has just passed but this weekend storm Dennis will come rushing in. We only have part of saturday to fix all the damage, mainly the roof!!

I’ve been battling storm Ciara yesterday (in US it’s Sabine from my understanding). It’s been a close call, we nearly lost the roof! We get storms a lot but not hurricane winds. Part of the old roof came

My husband has been growing several species of peas and beans that were passed on through generations. He got me into collecting peas and beans and together we have started a small collection of native

Yes I did it. I grabbed my seeds and sown some veggies outside. Our february weather has had the characteristics of march/april and it doesn’t seem we’ll get a proper winter this year. I decided to take

Yesterday my husband and I walked our property on a whim. Just looking what’s flowering in the pasture, how our trees are doing etc. A bit of a stroll. Our place isn’t very big and yet we have managed

Yesterday was my birthday so we went out for a bit. I wanted to visit a local dairy co-op where a farmer and a chef joined hands to make a small scale dairy shop. Milk from ten cows is being brought to

“Be careful what you wish for” is an well-known phrase in my country. Somehow the circumstances here led this to be true. I so wished for our goats to be pregnant and well.. they are! At least most of

Today marks a very important day. We have been been trying to share our homestead stories for a little while now. The reason that we wanted to start sharing our story is because this ultra modernized tiny

We had a brief period of mild weather so it was time to finish the last of the raised beds. We did the first two a while ago and all is made from free pallets! Just like last time we pre-made the parts

My oh my what a jolly girl that little Ayumi is. She is getting wider and wider! Still no heat detection from our buck and since the ultrasound machine didn’t work we are still in the dark. I guess she

We have left the year 2019. That year was a balanced one in terms of positive and less positive events. We finished the bathroom (construction wise) and that was a huge boost! We started a new goat herd

The truth about homesteading is that not everything runs smooth all the time. Don't get me wrong it IS a dream life (at least for me) but sad things happen also. I last reported that Kimi was ill. That

We are heading towards the end of the year and most people are looking forward to the holidays. I myself look forward to another little festive day: the shortest day of the year. For me it marks the day

This is becoming a bit of a goat blog. Truthfully said there is not much else to report on. The chickens are scratching through woodchips and eating the food scraps since the pigs are gone. The turkeys

Right after Katsu’s battle for love I’ve found that peace had returned on the homestead the following morning. There was a clear sign the job was done but we’ll have to wait about 21 days to find out for

I was expecting Shizu to be in heat either the 4th or the 7th but no signs whatsoever. Yesterday the buck started to show interest in her and threw in all of his charming buckiness. Shizu however wanted

It took a couple days but he is spitting and peeing like a proper king. This morning I took the goats out to pasture and noticed that he was aiming for Kimiko. Thank you buck for finally telling me when