by Mary Caelsto | Aug 7, 2017 | chickens, homestead stuff
The “velociraptors” (aka the roosters who are going to get a month or two more before visiting freezer camp), were moved to their grow out pen. We haven’t had a chance yet to build an enclosure and so I moved the game cam from the backyard to the...
by Mary Caelsto | Jul 28, 2017 | chickens
It’s that time of year. My April 15 hatch is now about 14 weeks old, and I am itching to get the pullets in with the laying hens. Part of that has to do with my being behind in building the goose/duck house, and they’re mixed in with my ducks/geese who are...
by Mary Caelsto | Jul 24, 2017 | homestead stuff
We had our first heat advisory of the summer last week and while I could stay in the house to keep cool, the horses weren’t as lucky. Sure, they had an open pasture to catch the breeze and a covered run-in shed for shade when they wanted to cool off. But they...
by Mary Caelsto | Jul 13, 2017 | homestead stuff, soap
As you know, it’s been a rough year here on the homestead. Between my own health issues, my mother’s fall, my becoming her full-time nurse’s aide…let’s just say it’s been a lot rougher than I anticipated 2017 to be, and I need help....
by Mary Caelsto | Jul 10, 2017 | food, gardening, homestead stuff, invisible illness, mental health
There’s something about trying to garden when you’re in the midst of a fibro flare, morbidly depressed, and being a beyond full-time 24/7 caretaker that kind of makes it fail. Funny how that works with no time to weed or do any basic garden maintenance. My...