New Egg Incubator
Hethya 120 Egg Incubator Check Price on Amazon Our first egg incubator seemed to fall short of useful. It seemed first that it needed to have air moving around it to keep eggs in the middle from getting too hot while those on the edges were not warm enough. Humidity was never what it needed […]
Clearing Cedar in the Ozarks
https://youtu.be/nCwcv5AngOE This past few months we have been working on clearing about 5 acres of mostly eastern red cedar from our property. Clearing out lots of fallen trees, limbs and brush plus the cedar will be a big benefit in reducing the fire hazard and cutting down the cedars, the poor quality hardwoods and even […]
Starting Down the path to Solar Power
Building a solar farm on the homestead Winter of 2021 going into 2022 brought some of the usual winter weather issues, cold, snow, ice, freezing rain and sleet, along with some sunshine. The previous year brought freezing rain as well, with most of it going south of us. Problem with freezing rain is that it […]
Cedar boards coming off the Sawmill
Milling some cedar We have been clearing some trees from the orchard area and also some from east of the house where we are converting some woods area into some silvopasture. The orchard area had a variety of hardwoods, oak, hickory, black walnut, wild cherry and some pine and cedar. We have been cutting those […]
The Goose Won
Goosey had gone broody a couple weeks ago. After she sat on her eggs for acouple days, I removed her eggs a couple at a time until she had no eggsleft. She sees the empty nest, and went about her normal routine. No more broody goose, until Lucy decides it’s her turn. She took overGoosey’s […]
Start of a new year
From mid August 2020 through the end of 2021, the homestead has been in something of a tizzy. While the virus pandemic has been the major focus for much of the world, not so much here. Kris became ill with what turned out to be a spinal infection which required surgery to clear. While the […]
Weed Free Gardening
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” fullwidth=”true”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Weed Free Gardening” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1587699617439{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;background-image: url(http://joefarris.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200423_180120-scaled.jpg?id=8952) !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]We have found the two biggest issues we face with our garden is the weeds and the watering. Much of this is due to all the time we spend on other things. Being retired you would think […]
Garden Update – April 2020
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1586036291677{background-color: #187c27 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1586034501893{background-color: #ededc0 !important;}”][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]So here it is, the first part of April and the garden season is underway here in the Ozarks. Over the winter, we have cleaned out the bedding from the chicken coop and run, and spread out over the garden area. Our last […]
New Fruit Trees for the Homestead
We added a couple new fruit trees to the homestead 2020 This year is the first I can remember that the purple plum we planted has set on a full bloom. The peach trees also have had a very good bloom, and the apple trees which have started to bloom and lost to freezing weather […]
January in the Garden
[vc_row fullwidth=”true”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”January in the Garden” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1579558961704{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;background-image: url(http://joefarris.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_7361.jpg?id=369) !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Getting in the garden in January can be real challenging. Cold and often nasty weather here make it an unpleasant task most days in January. A big issue with our garden has been poor soil condition. We keep adding […]