When Philip was searching for a piece of property, a water source of some sort was a required feature on the homestead. The main creek runs right through the middle of the property, but there are also several other areas that have flowing water depending on the time of the year and the weather. In…
The garden is full of blossoms, the best kind are those that produce food! However we plant flowers in the green house and garden to attract pollinators to the garden. This year we learned we need to plant the flowers sooner so they are more mature and blossoming sooner than the vegetables.
We are slowly looking at downsizing the Florida House to prepare it for sale, which means that the number of animals we keep needs to be reduced. The number of turkeys we have is much higher than it needs to be. I remember the day we bought the first turkeys and they told us they…
At the end of March the greenhouse was getting pretty hot during the day in Florida. We cut the side of the visqueen and rolled it on a piece of PVC to make a large window. To help with the heat, we put screen in the opening to keep critters out. We could tell that…
We had given my daughter, Kaitlyn Soroka a baby turkey to go with her new laying hens chicks. Snowflake, their Royal Palm hen was really getting the hang of her wings. She was getting braver by the day to explore her territory, including the roof of their house. Time to do a little wing trimming…
Ohhhh what a day today was… Philip has been looking for months, trying to justify the purchase of a tractor since we are not full time on the homestead. We’d go back and forth regarding the timing of such an expensive purchase. However, the time had finally come that we had to purchase a tractor…
One of the things that we like about Kentucky is the authentic people that we meet. We’ve been extremely blessed by our neighbors Robert and Patty Duvall and their two granddaughters. They live humbly but would give the shirt off their own back to help someone in need. The entire Duvall clan is always ready…
When we returned to Kentucky, the bathhouse construction continues. We removed the temporary roof and tarps and set to work to finish the fourth wall and to get a solid roof on the structure. Check out what we accomplished last time. Restructuring the Roof The shed was modified from the traditional roof to a higher-pitched…
On our first walk through the new property, I spotted what looked like a rock water slide. We were on a mission, so I didn’t take time to explore the area, but I made a point to come back to see exactly what the rock was. The trail is behind the waterfall in the image…
This trip was one of the wettest we have experienced on Kowalski Mountain. Early on I learned that boots are a necessity on the homestead. The red, rock hard clay turns into thick mud that clings to your boots. No matter how hard I try, I always get mud on everything I bring. We try…
