On The Homestead 🏠 The rain. The Mud. It’s so bad the children tried to build little temporary bridges. Homeschool Engineering and Physics. The pond reached its peak. The overflow was causing some of the flooding. It’s been far worse in areas around us, homes...
Category: The Homestead Journal
The Homestead Journal~Volume 3 Week 6~ Hello
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
February 17, 2019
On The Homestead The cold weather makes homestead work suck, thankfully we don’t have any deadlines and can work at our own pace. Jacob has been leading the projects here, kind of the homestead foreman. Jacob and Abigail will be spearheading the garden this year....
The Homestead Journal Vol 3 week 5~ Beautiful But Cold
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
February 10, 2019
On The Homestead 🏡 Last week I posted a photo of a project Zachary was working on last week, this is the final project. A nice solid bench for the reception area at the salon. Jacob worked on this one, with the younger boys. The...
The Homestead Journal ~ Vol 3 Week 4 ~ Cabin Fever Cure
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
January 23, 2019
On the Homestead 🏠 We got a little snow over the weekend thankfully, so I didn’t miss any work. But it was still fun to play in. Zachary has...
The Homestead Journal ~Volume 3 Week 3~ Muddy Winter
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
January 21, 2019
On The Homestead 🏡 The weather has been crap and we’ve not been able to do much family fun stuff. I did pick up some gingerbread train kits on clearance for the littles and I to do. We had a blast. Ezra’s train, he did...
The Homestead Journal ~Vol 3 Week 2~ It Snowed!
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
January 20, 2019
On The Homestead 🏡 We have started some outdoor garden prep. Cleaning up while its been fairly warm. Cutting back some overgrowth. We need to have the driveway fixed and make some changes.. We have a ton of scrap metal, literally probably a few tons....
I am not one for new years resolutions but I am working hard to keep my focus. I feel the last 4 years took so much from us. I want to address some of that before I move on with this weekly journal entry....
The Homestead Journal ~Vol 2 Week 49-52~Busy, Busy
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
January 13, 2019
I debated posting this as it’s long and kind of twisted timeline. But this was written the last month of 2018. Another year is over. On The Homestead 🏡 After several weeks of sickness spreading through the home, we are all on the mend. I...
The Homestead Journal~Vol 2 Week 48~ Not Quite Winter
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
December 3, 2018
On The Homestead 🏡 On Sunday we painted. We find inspiration photos and they pick the one they want to do. The lion was a little harder than it looked. Mosiah and Gabriel painted a sunshine. Abigail and Lucas both wanted haircuts this week. Lucas...
The Homestead Journal~Volume 2 Week 47~
posted by: BlessedLittleHomestead
November 26, 2018
On The Homestead 🏡 We spent part of the week cleaning up downed tree branches for fire wood. We have four fire wood categories. We have kindling, wood stove wood, cook...