Part of a homesteading lifestyle is working towards a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Harvesting and raising our own food is a part of that process. While we are living in a temporary living situation in the RV, our ability to produce a significant amount of food is limited, however, raising Cornish Cross Broilers for meat chicken…
One of the biggest misconceptions about off-grid living is the idea that people who live off-grid live primitively. By definition, “off-grid” means not depending on public utilities, especially the supply of electricity. That doesn’t mean that we don’t use electricity, it just means that we supply our power needs in another way. At Kowalski Mountain,…
As Philip and I get closer to making Kowalski Mountain our permanent home, we strive to prepare the homestead for the self-sufficient lifestyle that we are pursuing. Since grapes take about 3 years to bear fruit, now is the time to begin planting the homestead vineyard. Philip has been dabbling in grapes for several years. …
I love the philosophy “turn your waiting room into your classroom.” Philip has always embraced this in everything that he does! Since I met him, he has dabbled in a variety of homesteading projects. Using the time while we are in transition to make mistakes and grow. If we make a mistake now and kill…
For Christmas I made a special home-made treat to take to our family Christmas celebration. The photo I shared on Instagram was my most liked photo of 2021! The treat that was so popular with my followers was my own homemade snickers bars! Snickers is one of the best known and most familiar candy bars…
Building a homestead is a big task no matter where you live, most people don’t walk into a ready-made farm. Even if you have basic infrastructure on your property, customizing the farm to meet your needs and vision takes time. In our case, our homestead is over 700 miles away! Building a homestead long distance…
Keeping Cornish Cross broilers is different than any other chickens we have kept previously. Normally, we would keep small poultry in a brooder for several weeks inside. They would be at an age that they were trying to fly before we moved them outside. We’d have to keep the brooder covered with wire to keep…
As Philip and I continue the process of building the homestead infrastructure, our goal is to build completely off-grid. That will include solar electricity and possibly wind-generated power. For water, our initial plan was to install a well that we hoped to power with a windmill. However, after getting a sample of our neighbor’s water,…
Spring is here and it’s time to get the 2022 Container Garden planted! Philip and I usually like to plant our garden in February to try and avoid the bugs but this year we just didn’t have time! We do risk dealing with frost, but it’s usually a gamble we take and for three years…
Spring has officially arrived! In Florida, we must watch closely for the changes of the season, as we don’t experience defined seasons like other parts of the country. Our mild Florida winters allow plants to continue to grow and provide an abundance of pollen to our bees most of the year. Still, the change of…
