The first thing nobody tells you about going off-grid is that water is the real boss, not power. You can limp along without lights for a night. You cannot limp along without water for your animals,...
Read it → Field NotesEvery Instagram homestead shows the cute goats and the fresh eggs. None of them show the fox that cleaned out half a flock in one night. Out here in the Harrison County pines, predator pressure is ...
Read it → Field NotesMost people fight their soil. We read ours and stopped fighting. Gum Springs is acidic sandy loam with drainage you could set a clock by. The first year I tried to grow what the big-box store told ...
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