I’ll be honest right up front when I first heard about an A frame chicken tractor, I thought, “heck yeah, that’s just a fancy triangle coop on wheels, how hard…
I’ll be honest first time I tried making a gravity fed water system, it leaked more than my old barn roof in spring. I thought, “How hard can it be?…
You Want To Know How Raising Bantam Chickens worked Alright, you’re probably here ’cause you’re wondering if bantam chickens are worth it. Lemme just say this first: they totally are…
This post answers your question what are the 12 principles of permaculture, and shows you how they work on real backyard, urban homestead setups. I’ll share my screw,ups and wins,…
You ever find yourself staring at a mountain of tomatoes, thinking, “What the heck am I supposed to do with all these?” That was me one summer, maybe eight or…
Let me tell ya starting a backyard animal farm ain’t always pretty. One time, I walked out in my slippers and stepped barefoot right into a warm, fresh chicken turd.…
Once I brought home chickens to my tiny city backyard. Well… not tiny enough for my neighbor who called animal control. That day I discovered legal challenges of urban homesteadin…
You ever have one of those “oh crap” moments where everything goes sideways at once? Well, mine was back in 2016 when the power went out for four days. Middle…
I still remember the first time I brought home chickens in a cardboard box. My wife said, “Are you serious right now?” I was. Two hens and a dream. That…
I’ll be real with you when I first tried a Balcony Gardening , I had no idea what I was doing. I thought, How hard could it be? Dirt seeds,…
