Category: homestead
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Building a Wiki Up with the Girls
This weekend, we took a break from the usual routine and built something together in the woods, a small wiki up made from downed limbs and brush around the homestead. If you’re not familiar with the term, a wiki up is a type of brush shelter traditionally used by some Indigenous peoples of the American…
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Building Cluckr: A Simple App for the Homestead
Most of the time, I try to keep things simple out here. But a few weeks ago I ran into something that felt unnecessarily complicated: tracking our chickens. Egg counts, chick care schedules, coop cleaning, feed costs all scribbled across too many notebooks and spreadsheets. It worked, but barely. So I decided to do something…
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Spring Prep: Rain Barrel System Reconnected and Ready
After a cold Missouri winter, it was time to get the rain catchment system back online for spring. I kept everything disconnected and drained during the colder months to prevent cracked pipes and busted fittings from freezing water. That approach has saved me some costly repairs. This year the setup has changed a bit. I…
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Homestead Updates and Summer Snakes
It’s been a minute since I’ve posted about the homestead and it’s time to rectify that. We’ve been busy prepping for winter. Most of the barreled rain water has been released to keep from freezing. That’s something I need to work on in the following years. The outside piping is rudimentary and not ready for…
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Snake in the Coop
I’ve been raising chickens for about two years now. When I was originally planning the layout of the coop and run, I obviously wanted the chickens to be secure from predators. Currently, the coop has a large fenced run, with a bigger yard fence around that for when they free range. My dogs also roam…