Accidental Homesteader

Kansas

  • She’s a Loner, Dottie, a Rebel

    I fear that Dottie has crossed the road. We can’t find her. We can’t find any evidence of fowl play,… Read More

  • Farmers’ Market

    Farmers’ Market

    Today was the first time at the farmers’ market of the year. I go to the Kansas Grown one at… Read More

  • Hatching

    Hatching

    In addition to the beekeeping this weekend, we had our first hatch of chickens. We had no idea what we… Read More

  • Beekeeping at Night

    Beekeeping at Night

    So this was a big weekend at the farm. On Friday, I called WW Bees to see about the status… Read More

  • This and That.

    So living in the Midwest, we are used to weird swings in weather. This week was no exception. On Thursday,… Read More

  • The end of the trip

    The last day was pretty non-exciting. I missed the billboard that I always want to take a picture of, because… Read More

  • Guess What? Chicken Butt.

    We pause our vacation recap to introduce our new family members. Five new chickens added to our flock. Hopefully they’ll… Read More

  • Birmingham to Hilton Head

    Birmingham to Hilton Head

    We had even fewer stops, as we were running a little behind on our trip. But we had a good… Read More

  • Bees, Grommet!

    We are hard at work getting ready for our bees. We have our list of things that we need and… Read More

  • New and Improved Chicken Saddle

    New and Improved Chicken Saddle

    So I continued my chicken saddle prototyping, and came up with a simpler design that I can reinforce easily and… Read More