Tools Needed Skill Saw Drill Tape Measure Framing Square (puppy optional) Materials Needed (Note: we used rough cut lumber from our own trees. All measurements are for rough cut lumber.) Use rot resistant wood (cedar, redwood) avoid pressure treated lumber. Four 4×4 posts, 23 inch long Three 1x8x10, cut into six 5 foot sections Two 1x8x8 cut […]
How Much Food Can I Grow In a Raised Bed?
How Much Food Can I Grow In a Raised Bed? This was the question we set out to answer in the first episode of Homesteady, the podcast for homesteaders, farmers, country dwellers and dreamers. Before we moved to the farm, we had a garden. This was long before I ever considered hunting, raising pigs, or […]
How to Start Your Own Goat Dairy!
Why buy the cow… When you can milk the goat! We are very excited to announce our newest on farm class: Dairy Goats 101 You Will Learn: Goat Breeds… Which is right for you? How to buy the perfect goat Basic Goat Care, feeding and housing How to set up your barn for dairy […]
How To Build a Milk Stand
Last year we began our dairy operation. It started with Hops, our escape goat. Hops was a goat with few good qualities. (One, actually. She was so very quiet.) For 2 weeks, Kendra tried to milk her. We had not repaired the barn the goats now live in, so Hops was milked outside, on the dirt. […]
Yoyo, Pogo and Domino… and More!
Its been a few weeks since the little ones arrived. Pogo and Domino have settled into the herd nicely now. Pogo certainly lives up to her name. She is the larger of the two, and hops around every where! Domino is the caboose, always in the rear of the pack, and usually looking up to […]
#yoyobaby arrives
“Babies today!” Kendra shouted over the baby monitor. That was how we kept an eye on Yoyo on her last day of pregnancy. With our baby monitor. Vtech, if you’re looking for a good video baby monitor, has an incredible range 🙂 So we watched and listened. Saturday we had finished running the waterlines to the […]
