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We have been foraging for berries and canning some of our crop. We went blueberry picking for bog blues. It had just rained and we got soaked but we got about a quarter gallon total. We went to get silt

Well over a week ago when I tried to go berry picking and was forced to leave from the smoke. That event had a cascade effect. Forcing me to use my inhaler. Later that night my heart started to freak out.

Garden update, corn, beets, green beans, piggies. Also I have very limited internet right now. Waiting for it to be fixed. 😕 First up is my corn 🌽 Me standing in the corn, I’m 5’8” for comparison My

Hard core title but so is what a hen has been doing. Killing her own babies. I am not going to debate the human version of such things. But as a homesteader this is devastating. I have had two hens co

Alaska is on fire, we have 122 the last I checked. We have three close by, two that are still active. Yesterday I attempted to berry pick at the same place as last year but I could only pick for 20 mins

Fires close to home, high temps and homestead life continues on. We had a fire scare over the fourth of July weekend. A 250+ acre fire broke out to close for comfort. I don’t own a plane so here is the

It’s called Strugla in my family, but you might know it as Strudla. Fancy plates are nice but optional. People keep breaking mine so I gave up and went to paper. Yes, even Corelle wear that are not suppose

So I have been gone for awhile, so I noticed changes. One that I am having trouble finding answers to is: Do we still have to manually log/collect each posts worth into the wallet every three days? Or

It’s been almost a month to the day since we got our four piggies. So I will tell ya what I have been up to. First we have been hauling pallets for the fencing, can’t use a slip lead like I used on Pumba.

We broke ground on a garden, planted green beans, beets and corn. As you can see I wasn’t lying when I said I have been very busy. This pic was taken today I still need to finish my chicken wire fence

Hello Steemit, I know it’s been awhile, I had a bought of depression after my last post. We had dug a hole for our DIY septic tank. Well my excavator, aka husband, didn’t make the hole big enough so it

Just a small post saying I’m still here. Been busy. Hope you all are ready. I don’t think anyone can really be fully ready for winter. There is always that one thing.

I started my lemon balm 7 months ago in my indoor greenhouse. I planted them in eggshells. I transplanted them two months later. Well I went in to check my green house bare foot. I was walking around my

The temps have been dropping and we already had one frost. Some of my potatoes started to look very tough, so we harvested them and my carrots. Let me show you what potato buckets can produce. I have a

Well after a already long and tiresome day of running errands and finishing the goat house. We got a call 15 minutes before midnight for a road kill Moose, on 11th of September 2018 The day was starting

Made a pallet goat house, with straw insulation and a shower basin for the floor. Well our baby goat Apple who was born five months ago has been a pain, jumping the fence and breaking the fence. So we

This is random stuff that has been happening on the homestead since I got back. A lot has happenened since my trip to Valdez. After we got home and settled from the trip, life just kept going. I was hoping

We seen a glacier, a cave, rusty red mountains and a long dead volcano. Then a surprise at the end. This is a three part trip: • Part one • Part two This post is part three. ”Railroad tunnel of 1906”,

So this is the third part of my mini vacation, it all started when my friend came down from Fairbanks. They haven’t been many places or done much even though they have lived in a alaska all their life’s.

Yeah as the title says it was a long drive with awkward silences after heated discussions. Not with the hubby but a friend. The trip started off with my skittish driver friends putting my crock pot on