Farm Progress: Farrowing Barn Improvements

The shed that we are converting to our farrowing barn has/had several issues that we wanted to address:

  • two of the skylights had blown off,
  • the electrical box and much of the wiring needed replaced and upgraded,
  • many of the nails holding the roof metal down on the lean-to have worked up and the roof has leaked for quite some time (evidenced by the rotten nail boards underneath.)

We have steadily been working toward correcting these issues.

This past week Scott and Eli patched the holes in the roof where the skylights had blown off.  Since we are planning to replace this section of roof in the near future, we decided to use metal to repair the holes rather than purchase new skylights.

Faithful Homestead roof repair 1

Scott and Eli working to slide the metal in place to patch the hole.

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Sustainable Agriculture Resources

Are you interested in sustainable agriculture?  Or maybe alternative ag markets.  Here are some resources that I have found helpful: Continue reading

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SchoolhouseTeachers Winter Wonderland Sale

(This post contains affiliate links which help to make this blog possible.)

Now is a great time to sign up for SchoolhouseTeachers.com!

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We so enjoy our membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com! 

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  • Art
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Plus with your SchoolhouseTeachers.com membership you receive access to RightNowMedia.org which has a library of over 10,000 streaming videos!

Blessings,

Jennifer

 

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FREE Year of Homeschool Math for You~Review

I am so excited to be able to offer One Year of Homeschool Math for FREE to each of you!  That’s right, you can sign up for 12 months of the new, improved A+ Math; free for one student.

You might recall that we had the opportunity to review A+ Interactive Math in May and really enjoyed it.  When I was given the option to review the new, improved version with Brock, we eagerly accepted the invitation.

Free 1-Year Math Curriculum w/ Video Lessons

Brock has really enjoyed the improved version.  He enjoys the interactive video lessons.  One of his favorite aspects is that if he misses a review question (at the end of the lesson) the program automatically takes him back to that part of the lesson.  He has found that really helpful so that he can learn all the concepts.

I like that it assigns and grades assignments including worksheets and tests. His progress is also recorded so that I can easily log into the grade book and see how he is doing on his assignments.  All of this saves me a lot of time!

Here is a list of curriculum features:

  • Video Lessons with Interactive Review (Brock’s favorite part)
  • Curriculum eBook
  • Worksheets & Tests-already generated (both online and print PDF available)
  • The option for the parent to generate and assign worksheets and tests
  • Step-by-Step Solution to each problem
  • Automatic Grading & Tracking (my favorite!)
  • Easy to read and understand student reports
  • Opportunity for plenty of practice to ensure mastery of concepts

Right now they are offering all my readers one free subscription which is a $125 Retail Value.  This includes a FREE single grade level for 1 year.  The grades they offer include 1st-6th, Pre-Algebra and Algebra I. You can even sign up now and then “activate” it at a later date (must be within 3 months).  So if you want to wait to start after the first of the year you can easily do that!

Unlike many free offers, you do not have to enter your credit card information to take advantage of this opportunity.  This is the link for a free “Single” grade level of interactive math. 

IMPORTANT NOTE:  This free offer is only for those who have not previously used this curriculum or other similar programs from A+.  However you are able to purchase it at a discount price. 

I hope you will be able to take advantage of this full math curriculum!

Blessings,

Jennifer

*I received a free copy of this product in exchange for my honest review.  I was not required to write a positive review, nor was I compensated in any other way.  All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations.

 

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Farm Progress: Sheep and Cattle Moved

This past week (in addition to fixing the water leak) we moved the sheep and cattle.  The two pastures that we moved the cattle and sheep into needed minimal fence work done.  Other parts of the farm need more in depth fence repairs; so we will continue to work on those.

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Sheep grazing and resting in their new pasture.

Faithful Homestead Cattle

The cattle are also content in their new home.

The two pictures were taken the evening we moved them so it was beginning to get dark.  Both herds seem very content in their new homes, despite the fact that we weaned the calves off the cows when we moved them to the farm.

The calves and cows are actually just across a fence from each other which helps the calves take the weaning better.  Also since both the cows and calves have plenty of grass they are even more content.

At this point we have part of the hogs moved, but not all of them.  Our goal is to have them moved in the next few days. Scott has been working today to get the fences fixed and ready where the sows will be.

It is exciting to see all the progress that has happened this past week.  The weather has been wonderful which has really helped us!!  It has been unseasonably warm for December and we are so very, very thankful!

Blessings,

Jennifer

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