Accidental Homesteader

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  • So. Many. Tomatoes.

    Last weekend was moving day for old fruits and vegetables. I made tomato paste, canned some, made applesauce, and orange… Read More

  • Surprise!

    So the last couple of weeks, Black Frances has been extremely free range. She would show up periodically. Well, we… Read More

  • Chicklet Roll Call

    They’ve made it through a couple months, so I’m willing to start naming and showing pictures. This morning was leg… Read More

  • New Nesting Box

    Every day it is a trial trying to find the eggs. I’m sure next time we mow we will hit… Read More

  • Prodigal Chicken

    So we’ve been having a bit of attrition lately with our chickens. We had a Aracauna roo, three Aracauna hens,… Read More

  • Archaeology Camp

    This. Was. So. Cool. It’ll be even cooler next year when we can spend more time in the field. As… Read More

  • Raising Chickens

    I post a lot about chickens, we have lots of them – 26 at the moment. Large and small. We… Read More

  • Bonus Chickens

    Our Black Australorp was running broody, so we let her sit on some eggs. She want interested at all in… Read More

  • Just Super!

    Our new bees are thriving thus far. Our old hive wasn’t so bad either, so after checking on them on… Read More

  • More chickens!

    We got our newest chickens in the mail. Two Copper Marans Two Cream Legbars Two Welsummers Read More