Posted on May 29, 2023 by RT
As the gardening season is ramping up, we need to start now to get ready for the harvest. This week let’s TAKE STOCK of our Food Preservation skills and supplies. If you are ready to expand your self-reliance skills, preserving your own food is… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – WEEK 22”
Posted on August 24, 2022 by RT
One of the several food-related projects I did this past weekend was to fill the dehydrator. I loaded 1-3/4 trays with tomatoes and finished the second tray with gypsy peppers (sweet). I didn’t get much of a harvest from the gypsy peppers. Two trays… Continue Reading “STINKY!”
Posted on August 21, 2022 by RT
I didn’t start the weekend with the intent to make up for the time lost from being sick but, looking back, it sure looked like that’s what I was doing! In addition to the usual household chores this weekend I: Went to the farmer’s… Continue Reading “BUSY WEEKEND”
Category: Self-RelianceTags: busy weekend, canning, dehydrating food, farmers market, greenhouse, harvesting worm castings, peppers, squash, tomatoes, winter garden prep, zucchini
Posted on July 3, 2022 by RT
With 4th of July approaching, watermelons are on sale. The chickens love cold watermelon on a hot day, so I purchased one this past week. I had more intentions for this watermelon than for chicken food, though. I’m dehydrating part of it. After cutting… Continue Reading “WATERMELON”
Posted on December 31, 2021 by RT
I spent the waning days of the year reviewing the projects we did on the homestead this year. It wasn’t as much as I wanted to do but, looking back, it’s nothing to sniff at either! 2021 TWO CHICKENS HOMESTEAD ACCOMPLISHMENTS made a hoop… Continue Reading “2021 HOMESTEADING ACCOMPLISHMENTS”
Category: Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-RelianceTags: boysenberries, brooder box, canning, cast iron cooking, cast iron cookware, chicken coop, chicken processing, chicken run, cold frame, confidence, cooking with charcoal, dehydrating food, expanded chicken flock, fencing, food preservation, Food Storage, freezing food, Garden, greenhouse, homestead accomplishments, hoop house, knowledge building, skill building, Two Chickens Homestead, vegetable garden, Volcano Grill