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Category Archives: hunting
New YouTube Trailer
I don’t know how many of you watch YouTube videos on a regular basis, but that is kind of my television. One of the channels I really like is Justin Rhodes. He and his family live in North Carolina and … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, building, Cattle, Chickens, DIY, Family, Farming, Garden, homeschool, homesteading, hunting, kids, Opinion, orchard, Outdoors, pigs, Preparation, quail, Rabbits, Religion, Review, sheep, sports, Turkeys, YouTube
Tagged attitude, beekeeping, bees, building, catholic, cattle, chicken, chickens, children, construction, cow, DIY, family, farm, farming, home, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, kids, livestock, natural, orchard, outdoors, preparation, prepper, self reliance, sheep, water
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Coyote Attack!
Yesterday evening, HSB#1 went out to close up the chickens, he re-entered the house telling me to come quick. One of the Buff Orpingtons was bleeding on her back. I figured it was just the hens pecking on each other, … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, DIY, Family, Farming, homesteading, hunting, kids, Preparation
Tagged attack, attitude, chicken, chickens, children, coyote, coyotes, DIY, family, farm, farming, healing, hen, hens, homestead, homesteading, hunting, kids, livestock, outdoors, predator, preparation, rooster, roosters, self reliance, trapping
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Homesteading Resources – By State!
The good people at TaylorMadeHomestead.com have compiled a list of homesteading blogs and websites and they have arranged them by state. So if you are looking for a local resource for homesteading, take a look. I happen to be on … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, building, Camping, Cattle, Chickens, Daily Readings, DIY, Family, Farming, Garden, homeschool, homesteading, hunting, kids, Opinion, orchard, Outdoors, Preparation, quail, Rabbits, Recipes, Religion, Review, sheep, sports, Turkeys, welding
Tagged attitude, beekeeping, bees, bible, building, camping, catholic, chicken, chickens, children, christian, Church, construction, cow, deer, DIY, family, farm, farming, garden, God, health, home, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, house, hunting, jesus, kids, kitchen, livestock, natural, orchard, outdoors, planting, preparation, prepper, resource, self reliance, sheep
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Buttoning Up and Kids’ Blind
Today was another beautiful day. This afternoon the temperatures pushed past sixty degrees. What better time to insulate the chicken coop? Well, not insulate necessarily, but button up a bit. There were some cracks along the end walls that needed … Continue reading
Quick Weekend Recap
This weekend was filled with all sorts of activities for all of our family members. Here are some highlights. Oreo is still enclosed within the now electrified fence. She definitely respects the fence. I picked up a fence tester at … Continue reading
Posted in building, Chickens, DIY, Family, Farming, Garden, homesteading, hunting, kids, orchard, Outdoors, Preparation, sports
Tagged building, catholic, chicken, chickens, children, christian, Church, construction, deer, DIY, family, farm, farming, garden, God, health, home, homestead, homesteading, house, hunting, jesus, kids, livestock, natural, orchard, outdoors, painting, planting, preparation, prepper, self reliance
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One Set of Trees has Been Planted
I have been fretting about getting the rest of the spruce trees planted. I probably wouldn’t have had time this weekend, and I wanted to get them in the ground ASAP. As I mentioned I ordered 200 trees last fall, … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, DIY, Family, Farming, homesteading, hunting, Outdoors
Tagged attitude, catholic, chicken, chickens, christian, colorado, dibble, DIY, family, farm, farming, God, health, home, homestead, homesteading, norway, outdoors, planting, preparation, prepper, self reliance, spruce, tree, trees, weather
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Stainless Steel Table
I have been looking for a stainless steel table for awhile. Something that I could possibly use to butcher birds or rabbits and to put down by our garden to wash off produce as it comes out of the garden. … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, DIY, Family, Farming, homesteading, hunting, kids, orchard, Outdoors, Preparation, quail, Rabbits
Tagged butcher, butchering, chicken, garden, outdoor, preparedness, quail, rabbit, stainless, stainless steel, steel, table
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Dealing with the Aftermath
Saturday was spent trying to get back to normal. I spent the morning cleaning up after the butchering that was done yesterday and packaging up the things that needed to go into the garbage. I still have a skin I … Continue reading
Posted in building, DIY, Family, homesteading, hunting, kids, Outdoors, Preparation, sheep
Tagged attitude, butchering, children, cutting, deer, DIY, exercise, family, health, heating, home, homestead, homesteading, hunting, kids, outdoors, preparation, prepper, ram, self reliance, sheep, splitting, stove, wood
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Howling Outside My Door
All afternoon and evening there has been this ominous, eerie, and persistent howling coming from outside. I haven’t heard the coyotes for quite some time, and that isn’t the type of howling about which I’m talking. A weather front passed … Continue reading
Finally in a Tree
Bow hunting season opens up here October 1, gun season November 15. I had not yet hunted this year. I finally got into a tree tonight. I hope to make it out again in the morning.
