Tag Archives: Homesteading

Watermelon Vandalism

Early in the morning, we discovered a smashed watermelon in the street next to the outskirts of our yard where we were growing watermelon. Yup, some people in the night decided to take our watermelon and play with it in the street. It’s a shame that someone would do such a thing, to lack respect for the property of others and choose to waste food in such a way.

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Bioactive enclosure

Kai: Bioactive enclosures have become very popular in the pet fish and reptile world. What people might not know is that the idea follows the same rules as does permaculture, vice-versa.
Many have already figured out the system for “Bioactive” chicken coops, a system where instead of having to rake out and disinfect the floors of the coop, you simply provide another layer of living bedding, and previous waste composts naturally, without smells, pests, or bad bacterial overgrowth.
Bioactive and permaculture is one the same.

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Our Bielefelder Chickens

Kai: Well, it’s been quite the experience hatching our very first chickens. The first batch is a little over a month old, and all four are healthy and robust… but, we think that they ALL turned out to be roosters! They haven’t crowed yet, but their tails are starting to look roostery. They will have to move on to a new home if this is true. 😭

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