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 October 11, 2021
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After my thumb had a day of rest, (if you missed it, my thumb had an unfortunate encounter with a mandolin slicer), we finally got the plastic over the hoop house. The clips I bought to secure the plastic to the hoop house didn’t… Continue Reading “The Greenhouse is Covered”
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 September 14, 2021
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With time off from work last week, I made good progress on my fall garden. Monday, while Oscar was also off from work, we got the frame and hoops together for the 8′ x 12′ hoop house greenhouse. We placed it over the galvanized… Continue Reading “Fall Garden Progress”
Category: Self-RelianceTags: Beets, carrots, Cauliflower, container gardening, fall garden, galvanized steel raised bed, greenhouse, Greenstalk Vertical Planter, hoop house, Mini Bell Peppers, peas, radishes, raised bed gardening, Serrano peppers
Posted on August 26, 2021
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ONE PROJECT DONE: In addition to the instinct to scratch the ground for bugs, chicken nature is to perch up off the ground. They need a roost in the coop for sleeping at night. They also need to be able to perch on something… Continue Reading “One Done, One begun”
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