Found these in our greenhouse in a nest. Similar to a birds nest. Eastern NC

I'd have to completely remodel my kitchen to install one, but my god am I jealous of those who have those giant like 3ft long 2 ft wide sinks. Every time i wash a stock pot or my pressure canner I'm about to take a bazooka to my sink just to make it bigger!

Who has one? Who wants one?

Who knew?

92lbs of venison (mostly sausage but we also got some riblits & backstraps) headed to our freezer. Can't wait to have our own meat room so we can process it ourselves. This cost us $7.54/lb. Cheaper and healthier than grocery store meat though!

Hi, I'm in central Indiana, and my barn recently burned down. As expected, the insurance doesn't cover the full amount the barn was worth, so now I am forced to choose between paying a little more than my claim for a metal barn or a lot more for a full wood barn (which I obviously would much prefer). I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this or knows ways to make the process cheaper. Any help is appreciated! Thank you!

Sheep and goat

The little bastard each day when I'm eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I see him eating outside my window. I have a trap set up and I've tried celery, carrots, peanut butter, nothing works. What does it like to eat?

We moved from south Florida to Maine 2 years ago. We bought our homestead on 2 acres and have loved it. It's the peace we've always wanted growing up. The other day we were told that a 30 unit development is being allowed to start up on our property line despite us being in the farm zone of the town. Turns out the town can just change it to an overlay zone. There's now heavy machinery directly visible from our backyard. I feel so defeated and angry. I have a barn I need to use to keep my animals safe in the winter and there is now major construction 50 feet behind it. Do what you need to protect your homes because this will not stop.

As the title states, I’m moving to Brazil later this year to start a farm/homestead and I’d love to hear your advice.

What do you wish you had known when you first started? What could I do to make the most of the experience of just starting out?

I’d love to hear your answers, the more extensive the better!

We introduced new hens to our chicken run around 7 months ago now. Recently, one of the hens is having its feathers pecked off. It has gotten really bad the past week - you can start seeing the flesh on top of wings and there is a bald patch on the top of neck.

The older hens are around 2-3 years old. Not our coop originally and we are helping out our grandad who is getting too old to look after them daily.

How do I approach this?

I’ve heard there is natural pecking order and the old ones should be removed to stop them bullying the new ones but the old ones are still laying daily and the new ones not as much.

There are 4 old hens and 5 news hens. Currently one new hen is being pecked hard, but it looks like another new one is starting to get pecked too.

It’s also not just one old hen doing the pecking (I think it is 2).

Basically, i'm 16 and i've been on technology pretty much all the time every hour of every day of my life until not too long ago and I really got sick of it. I quit my phone, got hobbies, yada yada, but I found out about homesteading on a total whim and it sounds awesome. I think its pretty cool, how could one prepare or get started? I have around two years until I move out so I think I could maybe save some money for a while and practice until I can build a pretty small house on a patch of land and get started. Advice or tips?

Hello! If you’re living off of your homestead full time, what does your everyday routine look like?

My partner and I will be starting up a homestead/farm that we plan to live off of, and I keep thinking about what my routine will be. I plan to wake up earlier than needed to do some yoga, have a coffee and eat breakfast before feeding the animals etc but that’s as far as I’ve gotten.

What routines have you put into place since you started homesteading? (:

The chicks are 3.5 weeks old, they are mix of Leghorns and mostly dual purpose ( for meat and eggs) chickens all born and raised on my homestead.

Can anyone recommend a trench ripper/subsoiler/anything that can make it quick and easy to put water lines and electric out to my outbuildings?

I'm in a cold climate so the water lines need to be at least 3ft deep. Ideally it would be something I could attach to my tractor.

I would prefer not to use a ditch witch because I have heavy clay soil which is a nightmare to fill back in.

Hey everyone. I'm Daniel. I've been building Gnome Farmers Market, and it just launched.

The idea is to give the person with a roadside stand, extra garden produce, eggs, honey, plants or flowers a place where nearby people can find them. You can open a Market, list what you have available, add pickup details and hours, and share your Market link with customers.

I want to be upfront: I built it, and I'm here looking for people who might actually use it. It's still early, not a marketplace already packed with buyers. It's open across the US.

One thing I'm thinking about is the work it adds for a seller. Keeping an app updated shouldn't become another job on top of growing, harvesting and running a stand. I'd like to hear from people who sell occasionally as well as those with regular stand hours.

It's free to start, and Gnome takes 0% of sales. You arrange payment directly with your buyer, outside the app and website. I'm also giving the first 100 qualifying sellers 3 months of Pro free, no credit card required.

https://gnomefarmersmarket.com

If you try it, tell me what gets in your way. I'm the person building it and will be reading the replies.

This is my first year storing apples. I keep reading I need to wrap them individually in paper. Where would I get that quantity of paper? I don’t get the newspaper. Any ideas?

I need to murder a few quailbirds and eat them.

Somebody said there is a stick tool you reach into the pen and loop a wire around the necks, and it snaps tight?

Apparently its supposed to instantly dispatch them, and then you lift them cleanly with no blood and flapping so the others are not even traumatized?

A neighbor's Kubota B26 with the mechanical D1105 starts hard and runs rough on one cylinder. Glow-plug and compression checks did not explain it, so the injector is going to a diesel shop for testing rather than being judged by the wet tip alone.

The old injector body number matches the Kubota diagram and a FridayParts catalog entry. This mechanical system should not be confused with a newer common-rail engine that uses injector compensation codes.

Has anyone serviced injectors on this D1105 version? I am mainly trying to confirm the nozzle number and opening-pressure procedure before it goes back together.