Looking for ways to make our household into a self-sustaining homestead is always interesting. Having a real functioning Homestead is not something most people think about in this day and age, but surprisingly enough, more and more people are beginning to take a serious 2nd look at the idea. With the economy behaving as unstable [...]
We are making the best use of every summer day that is dry between some really intense thunderstorms, I heard on the radio that in the past month we’ve had 94mm of rain which is far too much really. Despite all the wet ground, our farm projects are cruising along and being fairly productive. Currently [...]
The heat of summer is upon us, we’ve had a couple of 27C days last week which is too hot for my comfort and that of our black-furred dogs. (and yesterday, torrential rain of about 3″ total, flooded us a bit, welcome to Alberta weather!) I’m very glad our barn is a much cooler and [...]
