Monthly Archives: July 2014

Nothing Earth Shattering

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Homestead Dad

Great title hey? The last week or so hasn’t given me any time for bigger projects so I am still plugging away at the little stuff, mostly organizing and getting settled. Having a baby less than two weeks after moving … Continue reading →

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Back to Round Bales

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Homestead Dad

A quick recap: originally a cattle farmer not far from us was going to bale our fields. He was going to make them into round bales and was going to leave me a couple for my sheep this winter. Apparently … Continue reading →

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RCAF Fitness Plan

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Homestead Dad

  There was an article today on Yahoo that talked about how Helen Mirren stays fit.  She uses a program that was developed in the 1950’s by a man named Bill Orban.  It is a simple workout that requires no … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Baling, and Shimming Gates

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Homestead Dad

The last couple years we have had someone take the hay off our property. It saved us from having to cut it. This year, I have animals that will need hay over the winter so instead of free hay I … Continue reading →

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Saving Water

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Homestead Dad

I had mentioned in a previous post that I had put a 55 gallon drum with the top cut off under the eaves of the barn to catch water. I was worried about mosquitos using it to lay eggs so … Continue reading →

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Screen Saver

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Homestead Dad

The bedroom window closest to me when we sleep has had a small hole in the screen since we moved into the house. The hole has gotten increasingly larger as our two year old daughter likes to “test” the hole by … Continue reading →

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Snakes and Straw Bales

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Homestead Dad

So I was moving some things around this morning by the pile of straw bales that I had set up as a backstop for my archery target and I noticed some movement. I just caught the tail end of what … Continue reading →

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Little Things

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Homestead Dad

We have been so busy over the past few days that I haven’t been able to find a large chunk of time to work on bigger projects. So I have been working on smaller ones. Things like putting shelves together … Continue reading →

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Can’t Sleep

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Homestead Dad

Our neighbor called this afternoon to let me know that she had seen what appeared to be a large coyote coming from my property towards hers.  I wasn’t home at the time, but when I got home all was well. … Continue reading →

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Toilets are Important, and a Ram Update

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Homestead Dad

That should go without saying right?  Well the storm we had last week knocked our power out, and if you have a well and no power, you have no water.  I had gallons of drinking water stored, so that wasn’t … Continue reading →

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