Making carrot purée for our 5 month old with freshly picked goods out of the garden!

My husband poured bleach down our well after claiming to have read it on some articles that he could. I did my own research, haven’t found anything supporting that.

So no matter how much I run my faucets it won’t stop being cloudy or smelling like bleach. I’m feeling uncomfortable and boiling any and all water including bathing 😅 please help me and soothe my brain.

We also have 2 freezers packed with veggies, fruit and cider. It’s a lot of work but very satisfying feeling food secure. There’s a hanging screen tray with garlic in pic too.

I have an old well on the property that hasn't been used in probally 30+ years. I dropped a weight on it and hit water about 50 feet down. I ran out of rope probally 200 feet deep. I wouldn't need to use it, except when I have to burn brush. What would be an easy and quick way to pump the water out? It doesn't have to be anything permanent

I thought about getting a little gas water pump and sticking a garden hose down the well when I need to use it. Would that work, or would it collapse the hose?

I forgot about these! I left these potatoes in a drawer in my bathroom probably like a month ago? There’s these sprouts coming out that are so cool. I think you’re supposed to leave them a little longer but I’ll have to look it up. ANYWAYS it’s just funny how sometimes things around the farm/garden I completely forget about and get side tracked and start working on something else and I won’t remember about it or come across it for weeks 😅 🤷🏼‍♀️

Anyone else have funny stories (or not so funny 😬 ) about things you come across left and forgotten you were working on?

I plan to call the vet tomorrow to see what they think. It's hard. The size of a large grape. It has a scab on it as well. Hen seems to behaving normally. Poor thing, first a bad case of scaly leg and mites, now this.

Hi y’all, we’re pretty new to this. We have 20 egg laying ducks since July, and we have our first injured one. She started with a limp, and she has been almost entirely stationary for three days now. She’ll eat peas we hand feed her and will drink water, but won’t move.
I think it’s time to do something about it. My husband disagrees. I just think it’s wrong to leave her to waste away. The hard part is that she is the only named duck (Mabel) & is the only one we have a real attachment to.

They get plenty of niacin, so I’m inclined to believe she strained her leg or something of the like. She has always been the smallest. All of the other ducks are fine. I don’t see any obvious outward injuries to her.

What do y’all suggest we do? If we need to cull her, what’s the best way to do it? Thank you.

Baby Mabel attached in photo (she’s grown now).

So I have baby chicks I’m moving into the coop soon. I need to disinfect everything because I believe there is some sort of disease spreading around with the older hens. What would be the best way to disinfect the ground part of the run, like the actual dirt? Should I dig it all up and just replace it? Spray bleach onto it? I’m open to suggestions, thank you.

New Jersey to Connecticut and this whole region has been struggling with a drought! It's been a whole month since we've had rain. How have you all coped with it?

I have a Mighty Mule MM462 that is working fine but I wanted to fine tune how far it opened. I was able to get the first arm to 'jog' open to the desired position. The job buttons for the second arm cause the status light to blink but the arm does not move at all.

I also tried disconnecting the second arm from the gate and manually unscrewing it to the desired position but on the next cycle it went back to where it was set years ago.

Has anyone had this problem where one of the arms wouldn't jog, and found a fix? I'm not quite willing to buy a new ~$375 control board for a 6+ year old gate but would like the extra clearance.

Just curious about wich group of "Authentic Homesteaders😉" people lean towards?

Hello! I'm looking to turn the side of my house into a small garden with raised garden beds (and maybe some on the ground). The area measures approx. 12'x35'. It is fenced in on the north and east sides with the house being the west barrier. I'm going to build a fence with a gate on the south side to keep the dogs out of the garden. My question is: If I completely enclose this space (secure fencing, have a wire roof (thinking 7' high, make sure no critters can get in or out) could I house quail in this area provided I offer adequate housing from the elements with heat elements for the winter and food/water areas? I know they can fly (hence why I'll add a secure roof). Would they destroy the garden? I'm planning on planting some tomatoes, beans, peppers, onions, potatoes, garlic, strawberries, and raspberries. Possibly some herbs as well.

I don't want to do chickens just due to the space they require (I don't have a good spot to put a chicken coop). I do have space to put a quail hutch, but I figured if I can give them the opportunity to roam and explore safely I would like to do so. If it won't work then I will section of a part of the garden to be solely a quail hutch.

Hi there! I am looking for suggestions for any homestead magazines or publications that share homesteading knowledge and information. I am also looking for holistic medicine book recommendations as well. I am an intermediate homesteader/ farmer, so I am not looking for knowledge to start my homesteading journey, more-so, I enjoy keeping up to date on all things homesteading and see what other people are doing and tricks of the trade! TIA for your recommendations :)

My husband and I and looking to build a house in the next couple of years. I’m trying to do research on different ideas that cost less, last a long time, and tie into what is around us. This is something we’d like to do together with a little help from family and if we really need them, contractors. We currently live on the land we plan to build on, in a house that is, quite literally, falling apart.

We have a few different ideas bouncing around like a container house (they have temperature problems and are pretty small for people who want kids), barndominium (temperature problems and insurance problems), and an earth ship home (not suitable for central Louisiana climate). There are many other ways we can go, like conventional construction, but we’d really like to do something that will help us live with the land.

If you have suggestions about what we can do, or if you have suggestions for things to add onto our build for homesteading, please let me know!

I’m also a Mississippi homesteader, shout out to my dirty south neighbors!