Accidental Homesteader

Homesteading

  • Big storm

    So the polar bomb or whatever it was called came through. The house is fine, most everything else is fine… Read More

  • Remember the Ristra

    So if you have been around, you may have read how to make a ristra in ten steps (November 2017).… Read More

  • Design Challenge Part Six

    I was dead tired when I got back to the hotel, so I didn’t do anything but read Twitter. But… Read More

  • Dream Realized

    Ever since I was a wee child, I’ve wanted a card catalog of my very own. How long you ask?… Read More

  • Yaktrax

    We got the dreaded Thundersleet! The cats were terrified. Demeter has only experienced hail once, and this sounded like hail.… Read More

  • Eggs

    Eggs

    We have Easter eggers because I really wanted blue eggs. Our older hen, Violet gives these lovely blue eggs. But… Read More

  • Beautiful Day

    Well, a lot has changed in 24 hours, but it was so beautiful yesterday. Read More

  • Poor Rhoda

    Rhoda is molting. And boy howdy is she looking scraggly. Read More

  • Ode to Carhartt

    It’s ridiculously cold out there, but by gum, the only cold places on my body were my face and my… Read More

  • Making Oilcloth

    Making Oilcloth

    So we have a lot of things that need covering outside, and I’m a dork, so I’ve been making oilcloth… Read More