Posts Tagged ‘conservation’

Last month we did a rabbit trade and acquired a new, unrelated buck for our rabbitry. Everyone please welcome Miles Davis, Jr! He comes to us from Kentucky, and we love that he’s a big guy weighing in at over 10lbs! No kits sired by him have been born yet, but we are excited to […]

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Here is another post we started when we were in the town-house about 2 years ago but it never was published. We have continued to air-dry our laundry almost exclusively in our new homestead, using the dryer only for large items that are urgently needed. Original Article For several months now we have been primarily […]

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So one of the benefits of being self-sufficient and doing things yourself is not being restricted by what’s available on the market.  Last summer we hung up curtains in our living room.  The curtains that matched our style and color scheme were pretty flimsy, though. They weren’t lined, which we wanted.  We bought them anyway, […]

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Since it’s summertime, I’m off!  It’s a great part of being a teacher.  I enjoy doing some morning chores around the homestead a few days a week. I usually begin with filling a bucket from the rainbarrel, and using that water to water the plants around the yard. I will also take a bucket of […]

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George and I want to grow more goodness in our garden!  We discussed how to do this, and decided on creating some raised beds.  The first will go right where this row of dead bushes is. We transplanted the bushes from a friend’s yard.  We hoped they would screen the beehives a bit and protect […]

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For a while now we have been wanting to build a solar oven.  This summer we’ve made it happen! First we did some research on solar ovens.  There are several different configurations one can build.  We went with a box cooker design.  This is not the type of solar oven that gets the hottest, but […]

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This afternoon George and I had a discussion of whether or not to pursue solar energy options.

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Martha did a fantastic job prepping our rain barrels. Now it is time for me to install them! We decided that our first two rain barrels would reside in our back yard as we had a bit of trouble with water flowing from the existing down spouts from the roof into our lawn and washing […]

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Early on we decided that rain barrels would be a great addition to our homestead.  Our yard is on a slope, and when it rained the water flow over part of the yard would be too much.  Grass wouldn’t grow well in that area, and the ground would get really muddy.  Part of the water […]

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