Tag Archives: Our Farm

The Tale of an Energy Audit

Our electric coop does an awesome thing, for $100 you can have an energy audit done on your home to see where you can make improvements in energy usage. Earlier in the fall, we decided we should complete an audit. … Continue reading

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DIY Lamb/Goat Nursing Buckets on the Cheap

If you’re like me, time is precious. Although I enjoy working with bottle babies, whether it’s lambs, kids, or calves, I also have many other projects demanding my time. So this year when we ended up with six bottle lambs, … Continue reading

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Pretty as a Missouri Sunset

Adisyn snapped this picture the other evening. I just love how it turned out.

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New sheep paddock

We really need to have more paddocks to rotate sheep through, so we have been building more fence. Even though fence building is hard work, Scott and I both enjoy it. We have even been able to use previously used … Continue reading

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Looking Back at 17 in 17

You might remember that in January 2017 I published a post entitled, Homesteading Goals: 17 in 17. Well it’s time to look back and see how we did. The original list was: “Get our feet wet” with aquaponics  Start all of … Continue reading

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