Projects

Building a Homestead

Our current homestead resides on 1/8 acre. It would have been fun to delve into this lot completely, but atlas it was just our building block for a future homestead. Within the next couple of months, you’ll be able to click on the following small homestead setups we’ve enacted for details, advice, pictures, and experience.

• Establishing Garden Space
• Rain Barrel Catchment
• Outdoor Compost Bins
• Worm Compost Bin System
• Chicken Coops and Run
• Canning Books and Tools
• Fermented Foods: Sauerkrauts
• Fermented Drinks: Kefir Water, Kombucha, Flower Wines
• Homemade Dog Food
• Bread Bakers

Startup Resources:

• The Backyard Homestead – Carleen Madigan
• The Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to Permaculture – Christopher Shein
• Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day – Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois
• The Small-Scale Poultry Flock – Harvey Ussery
• Wild Fermentation – Sandor Katz
• Put ‘em Up! – Sherri Brooks Vinton