Posted on December 31, 2021
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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
Posted on November 29, 2021
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Shortening your food chain contributes to your family’s food security. Even if you can’t raise animals for meat and have a garden big enough to provide all your family’s food needs whatever you Can do will be beneficial. The more you “keep it local”… Continue Reading “SHORTEN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN”
Posted on October 14, 2021
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Those of us who are of a certain age are acquainted with the Aesop’s Fables story of The Ants and the Grasshopper. I don’t know if it is currently being taught in the public schools but the story has been used for years to… Continue Reading “The Ants and the Grasshopper”
Posted on October 3, 2021
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The projects have been slowing down as Fall starts. We aren’t struggling to fit so much into our evenings and weekends. The cooler weather has been glorious. The reduction in the bug population has been wonderful. The ragweed? Not so welcome. Greenhouse: the hoops… Continue Reading “Hello Autumn, Goodbye Summer”
Category: Self-RelianceTags: apples, autumn, cold frame, container garden, container gardening, Cowhorn Pepper, cucumbers, Emergency Preparedness, fall, fall garden, Food Storage, greenhouse, hoop house, kalle, Mini Bell Peppers, nectarine, nectarine tree, orchard, Oregano Oil, Piedmont Farmer's Market, Serrano peppers, sour crop
Posted on July 25, 2021
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Welcome to Two Chickens Homestead! I have been blogging for a little more than ten years as My Provident Journey but it was time for a change. Throughout the past year, I have come to realize the My Provident Journey blog no longer fit… Continue Reading “A Continuing Journey”
Category: Self-RelianceTags: change, Emergency Preparedness, evolve, Food Storage, knowledge building, Living Traditions Homestead, Provident Living, resource management, Self-Reliance, skill building, starting fresh, The Apartmentsteader