How we’re doing. And do we still recommend homesteading?
Author: Beth
Building a domestead in the smoky mountains. Chickens, bees, gardens, geodesic domes.
Guide to Easy Maple Syrup in the Southern Appalachians
How to make maple syrup in the South, the easy way.
2021 Catch Up: Honey Harvest
Videos and notes from our first honey harvest, plus easy beeswax rendering.
2021 Catch Up: Honey Bee Swarms
A post about honey bee swarms, with videos of swarms and feral bee trees.
2021 Catch Up: Beekeeping Decisions
Adventures from the apiary in 2021.
2021 Catch Up: Milling the “View Oak”
Milling an epic red oak for the dome’s interior.
A Year with Chickens! Weeks 41-52
Chickens in clothes and rabble-rousing roosters.
Our Black Mouth Cur – A Pupdate
What life has been like with a Black Mouth Cur puppy.
Chickens and Snow – Weeks 39-40 with Chickens
Chickens in winter weather.