Whether using a home kit or sending a sample to a county extension laboratory, soil testing to know the pH level of your garden is crucial.
Some may know me as the crazy chicken ninja, but that’s not how my story started.
Many years ago, the Beautiful One (aka, my wife Rebekah) and I brought home four chickens and placed them in a vacant horse stall. Within the first hour, two of them literally “flew the coop” and were gone forever.
Doubts quickly set in at what we had gotten ourselves into.
With determination and massive (perhaps ungodly) amounts of effort, time and money, something surprising happened… I got really good at raising chickens for both meat and eggs.
Fast forward and our 140-acre farm has expanded to include cows (both meat and dairy), sheep, pigs, rabbits, turkeys, and countless other livestock, all with a steep learning curve of their own.
Join me on this homesteading journey and learn from my countless hours of research and “trial by fire.”
This life may not always look perfect, but it’s perfectly fitting for us, and we’re enjoying the journey.
We Built a Homestead in 100 Days
Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 99
Turning Cow Crap into Holy Cow Squat
Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 97
Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 96
How to move pigs to new ground (in five steps)
Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 95
My Teenagers Built a Waterwheel (in a day)
Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 94
Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 93
Are these eggs rotten!? How to find out.
Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 91-92
Learning to homestead is difficult. You don’t know what you don’t know and there’s a whole lot of learning to be done. We’re here to help maximize your efforts, reduce the questions and uncertainty, and come alongside you as you realize your homesteading dreams.
Justin Rhodes shares the skills and the delights of becoming a part of your own food story in this inspiring and accessible and beautiful four-color invitation to a more abundant, healthy, and connected life.