I had such a wonderful day yesterday! It was the perfect fall day (low 60's and sunny) and I was able to spend it with some of my favorite people :)
We started the day off with some dental visits (the older girls and I all had cleanings) and then we headed out for my fathers house. Cassidy, Karina and Adam all stayed with my stepmother, while my father, husband, Arianna and I all went out to a field to do some target practice.
At first I was a bit intimidated by the shotguns...they are LOUD!!!...and the recoil can be fierce (I have a bruise on my shoulder to prove it :P) but I quickly got over it and had tons of fun.
After shooting for a couple of hours, we went hunting. My father split off from us and went archery deer hunting, while Roy, Arianna and I went hunting for pheasant, and small game. We almost hit a pheasant with our truck but that was as close as we managed to get lol :P Overall, it was a blast, great exercise and something fun that I could share with my hubby and oldest daughter. I'm going to be going again soon with my father...I'll keep you all posted on how that trip goes!
Showing posts with label homesteading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homesteading. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Happily Hectic..
Our lives have been happily hectic lately...sorry for being so quiet here on the blog-front :)
Our home school is in full swing and we are having a blast with the Prairie Primer! We're also excited with the direction our home school group is taking this year and are looking forward to many of the activities.
I've spent much of my "spare time" (what's that?? LOL) processing and putting up apples. We now have 27 quarts of apple sauce and 16 quarts of apple pie filling...with about 1 more bushel left.
I've also spent some time in my garden, planning and plotting it out for the coming year. I'm intrigued by the square foot method of gardening and have decided to utilize about half our garden in square foot beds this next year. They've all been measured and plotted out so we can start putting some of the compost directly into the gardens. (We won't be using raised beds as our soil is already quite nice and won't be needing any major changes.)
I'm hoping that life will slow down enough that I can get back to this blog a bit more. I have so many posts swirling around in my head and am looking forward to getting them written down for all of you. :)
May the Lord bless and keep you!
Our home school is in full swing and we are having a blast with the Prairie Primer! We're also excited with the direction our home school group is taking this year and are looking forward to many of the activities.
I've spent much of my "spare time" (what's that?? LOL) processing and putting up apples. We now have 27 quarts of apple sauce and 16 quarts of apple pie filling...with about 1 more bushel left.
I've also spent some time in my garden, planning and plotting it out for the coming year. I'm intrigued by the square foot method of gardening and have decided to utilize about half our garden in square foot beds this next year. They've all been measured and plotted out so we can start putting some of the compost directly into the gardens. (We won't be using raised beds as our soil is already quite nice and won't be needing any major changes.)
I'm hoping that life will slow down enough that I can get back to this blog a bit more. I have so many posts swirling around in my head and am looking forward to getting them written down for all of you. :)
May the Lord bless and keep you!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Homesteading Wherever You Are
When you hear the word "homestead" what comes to mind? Originally, to "homestead", meant to be given free land by the government in exchange for building a home and farming or maintaining that land. Today, it means something different.
According to Wikipedia, the term homesteading means "a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency"
I believe that homesteading is a frame of mind, and you can homestead wherever the Lord places you. To me, homesteading is about being self-sufficient. Growing and preserving as much of your families foods as you are able....and trying to be as independent as possible.
At this time last year, our family was still living in the city. We lived in a rental home with a postage stamp yard. But, in that small rental home is where I learned how to mill wheat into flour, make bread, can, freeze and so much more. I learned to keep all of our foods as close to the way the Lord made them as possible...while on a budget. We had a few square-foot gardens in that tiny yard and grew as much of our food & herbs as we could. We learned a lot about nutrition...and frugality in that tiny home.
I believe God used that little home in the city to prepare us for the next step...our current home. We are now living in our own home on 1/2 an acre of land. Now, 1/2 an acre isn't much land, but we are able to have gardens for some of our produce, chickens for eggs, and goats for milk. We even have room to plant some berry bushes, and fruit trees.
My dream is to someday have enough land to completely sustain our families food and heating needs...to buy it the land with cash...and to be able to live completely off the grid.
But until then, I'm content with our little spot of land...and I'm still learning!
Our current veggie garden...it's over 5,600 square feet!
Our chickens...many of which we hatched here at home in an incubator...gotta love homeschooling! :P
The two newest editions to our little homestead...Fiona and Sophia were born on June 13th and their Mama, our Nigerian Dwarf doe Ava, is finally in milk!
According to Wikipedia, the term homesteading means "a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency"
I believe that homesteading is a frame of mind, and you can homestead wherever the Lord places you. To me, homesteading is about being self-sufficient. Growing and preserving as much of your families foods as you are able....and trying to be as independent as possible.
At this time last year, our family was still living in the city. We lived in a rental home with a postage stamp yard. But, in that small rental home is where I learned how to mill wheat into flour, make bread, can, freeze and so much more. I learned to keep all of our foods as close to the way the Lord made them as possible...while on a budget. We had a few square-foot gardens in that tiny yard and grew as much of our food & herbs as we could. We learned a lot about nutrition...and frugality in that tiny home.
I believe God used that little home in the city to prepare us for the next step...our current home. We are now living in our own home on 1/2 an acre of land. Now, 1/2 an acre isn't much land, but we are able to have gardens for some of our produce, chickens for eggs, and goats for milk. We even have room to plant some berry bushes, and fruit trees.
My dream is to someday have enough land to completely sustain our families food and heating needs...to buy it the land with cash...and to be able to live completely off the grid.
But until then, I'm content with our little spot of land...and I'm still learning!
Our current veggie garden...it's over 5,600 square feet!
Our chickens...many of which we hatched here at home in an incubator...gotta love homeschooling! :P
The two newest editions to our little homestead...Fiona and Sophia were born on June 13th and their Mama, our Nigerian Dwarf doe Ava, is finally in milk!
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