Category Archives: Homesteading

Top Bar Bee Hives

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jennifer

For quite some time I have wanted to start beekeeping.  The majority of my winter reading material has been on bees in preparation for this spring.  Shortly after we moved back to our family farm we discovered there is a … Continue reading →

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Snow Goose Harvest

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Jennifer

During recent years the numbers of snow geese have dramatically increased to the point that they are destroying parts of the arctic tundra.  In response to this, there is a conservation order in effect to try to reduce the number … Continue reading →

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Chicken Brooder

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Jennifer

After a very busy spring and summer we are finally to a place where we have time to build the chicken brooder and get some chicks and ducklings.  I really don’t particularly like getting chicks when it is so cool … Continue reading →

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A Milk Cow Named Daisy

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Jennifer

For several years I have been trying to talk my husband into a milk cow, well it finally happened!  Yesterday we picked up Daisy and her calf from the dairy we get milk from.  They were selling her because she … Continue reading →

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Post Rock Fence After Dark

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Jennifer

One of the things we all enjoy doing is just spending time out on the ranch.  This is a picture that I took the other night when we were outside past sunset.  Since we are in post rock country there … Continue reading →

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