Homesteading With a View

Last Fall Luke and I built a rabbit hutch to house 4 rabbits. I have loved that hutch ever since we moved the rabbits in. The rabbits seem to enjoy their space as well because they can socialize with one another safely through hardware cloth and still have space to hop, play and hide. I…

As I get closer to the opening day of our local farmers market I am working my tail off to get as much fiber from my rabbits as possible. Since my females are anticipating litters any day now I have refrained from collecting their fiber. Their fiber will be pulled by them to build up…

I have less than a month before the market season kicks off and I am less than prepared. The hope is to be able to sell my homestead wears like yarn, honey, bath bombs, produce and herbs but so far my garden starts are less than an inch tall, I have only a handful of…

Luke and I were able to create a lean-to for the goats in record time! Though it was a rainy weekend the clouds seemed to break just for us to have enough time to create this project.  We rummaged through all of my material piles in various locations on the property to find two 8…

The baby goats amazing me with how quick they can learn. Similar to that of a stubborn dog. They know exactly what I am asking of them but only choose to listen when it suits them best.  While I was working on some landscape clean up and moving mulch they were following me nibbling on…

Though snow can still be seen on the ground things are beginning to happen just beneath the soil top. The birds are singing and bounding from one treetop to the next. The leaf buds can be seen on all of the maple trees and the bees are bringing in some unknown pollen source. All things…

Just look at all that snow still on the ground a week into spring! And here we are on a beautiful sunny day with air temps well over 64 degrees cracking lids on all our hives to make sure clusters look good and sugar boards are still sufficient. Out of the 2 nucs, and 8…

Making the leap into dairy goats have been extremely enjoyable. I love watching the kids leap and kick mid-air as they simply enjoy life for what it is; a beautiful breath of fresh air daily! The dogs seem not to mind their antics either and even frolicked along with them on our weekend walks. The…

This year Luke and I took the dive into making our bee business official, we got our license and are now looking into what we think might be the best bet for success. There are so many options when it comes to bees as a business; honey and wax production, pollination services, hive sales, swarm…

This weekend I made the jump into goats by adding two bottle babies! I haven’t had goats in over twenty years and so I did quite a bit of reading before taking the leap. I knew I wanted a dairy breed with a high fat content. Nubians were my first choice but then these little…