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Here’s a follow up video to the one I did yesterday where we floated all the eggs we collected

Here’s a follow up video to the one I did yesterday where we floated all the eggs we collected

It’s never too late to get your garden started!

It’s never too late to get your garden started!

Quick way to tell if your eggs are fresh or not before you give them to your friends and family.

Quick way to tell if your eggs are fresh or not before you give them to your friends and family.

Rejuvenating our raw honey on the farm

Rejuvenating our raw honey on the farm

October 12, 2024

October 12, 2024

Chicken drama1

Chicken drama1

Heading her first chicken

Heading her first chicken

You can never have enough honey for grandpa‘s biscuits.

You can never have enough honey for grandpa‘s biscuits.

How long can you store drinks in a shaded area before they go bad?

How long can you store drinks in a shaded area before they go bad?

Here’s what we’re doing to keep gophers from eating all of our plants in our raised garden

Here’s what we’re doing to keep gophers from eating all of our plants in our raised garden

Picking squash blossoms to make an arm

Picking squash blossoms to make an arm

Pool proofing a puppy for the summertime

Pool proofing a puppy for the summertime

Keeping the cats and dogs out of my raised garden bed

Keeping the cats and dogs out of my raised garden bed

Here’s why I only planted half of my garden so far

Here’s why I only planted half of my garden so far

Building square-foot gardens for a local Elementary School

Building square-foot gardens for a local Elementary School

Adding to my square foot garden boxes at the beginning of the season.

Adding to my square foot garden boxes at the beginning of the season.

Tools that come in extremely handy around the property

Tools that come in extremely handy around the property

Putting my flow hive on top of my box to collect honey

Putting my flow hive on top of my box to collect honey

Harvesting passionfruit from the backyard.

Harvesting passionfruit from the backyard.

Adding raw eggs to your garden.

Adding raw eggs to your garden.

One year review of our Jackery 1000 running off a solar panel outside

One year review of our Jackery 1000 running off a solar panel outside

Using a new Dewalt brushless 12 inch chainsaw to trim some of my trees around my bees

Using a new Dewalt brushless 12 inch chainsaw to trim some of my trees around my bees

Adding more bees to some hives that already have bees in it today.

Adding more bees to some hives that already have bees in it today.

Building square-foot garden boxes for a local Elementary School

Building square-foot garden boxes for a local Elementary School

Adding a different type of needle to my EDC 10Cs carry.

Adding a different type of needle to my EDC 10Cs carry.

What we do with our messy chicken eggs after a storm.

What we do with our messy chicken eggs after a storm.

Grilling, broccoli, and a cold frame.

Grilling, broccoli, and a cold frame.

Starting a fire with your shoe.

Starting a fire with your shoe.

Starting a fire with your shoe.

Starting a fire with your shoe.

Pete balloon release

Pete balloon release

Putting some winter crops in a cold frame in the garden

Putting some winter crops in a cold frame in the garden

Free, ranging chickens come with unexpected surprises.

Free, ranging chickens come with unexpected surprises.

Hurricane Hillary detached one of our watermelon’s, so we fed it to the chickens. #gardening

Hurricane Hillary detached one of our watermelon’s, so we fed it to the chickens. #gardening

Windmill wind, limitations. How strong of wind can my windmill sustain?

Windmill wind, limitations. How strong of wind can my windmill sustain?

Backyard garden, quick peek.

Backyard garden, quick peek.

August 19, 2023

August 19, 2023

Quick tour of the greenhouse this morning.

Quick tour of the greenhouse this morning.

A quick walk-through our front yard square foot gardening.

A quick walk-through our front yard square foot gardening.

A country minute.

A country minute.

Feeding some scraps from the garden tour chickens.

Feeding some scraps from the garden tour chickens.

Quick way to get some plants laid out in your garden.

Quick way to get some plants laid out in your garden.

What can you do with your bees when it’s over 100° for a week at a time?

What can you do with your bees when it’s over 100° for a week at a time?

What to do with your plants in 100° weather.

What to do with your plants in 100° weather.

What we do with our wild eggs!

What we do with our wild eggs!

Cats in your garden?

Cats in your garden?

May 13, 2023

May 13, 2023

Mini composting how to start getting your compost back out in the garden immediately.

Mini composting how to start getting your compost back out in the garden immediately.

Mixing up our plants that we grow to better protect them.

Mixing up our plants that we grow to better protect them.

What is borage?

What is borage?

Bafang 750W 52V rear hub replacement tips

Bafang 750W 52V rear hub replacement tips

Starting some late spring to early fall rhubarb

Starting some late spring to early fall rhubarb

Creating a trellis for the kids to pick berries.

Creating a trellis for the kids to pick berries.

Starting some seeds to share with neighbors

Starting some seeds to share with neighbors

Benefits of a cold frame

Benefits of a cold frame

Rethinking what we were thinking about doing in the garden.

Rethinking what we were thinking about doing in the garden.

The types of chickens we prefer

The types of chickens we prefer

Growing potatoes in grow bags. We got frostbite from a snow here in Southern California!

Growing potatoes in grow bags. We got frostbite from a snow here in Southern California!

Starting a simple worm farm in your garden.

Starting a simple worm farm in your garden.

Special dwarf, tomato plants that produce full-size cherry tomatoes

Special dwarf, tomato plants that produce full-size cherry tomatoes

Today we’re gonna start planting sunflowers around the TP in our front

Today we’re gonna start planting sunflowers around the TP in our front

Costco cold frame 1500

Costco cold frame 1500

Salad, bar Garden in February

Salad, bar Garden in February

SHTF planting and preparing your Gardens

SHTF planting and preparing your Gardens

Weeds for the chickens

Weeds for the chickens

Prepping for planting.

Prepping for planting.

Starting a butterfly patch to bring in the pollinators as well as some onions

Starting a butterfly patch to bring in the pollinators as well as some onions

Free chickens? Thank you but no thank you.

Free chickens? Thank you but no thank you.

Silly chickens playing on the merry go round

Silly chickens playing on the merry go round

January 24, 2023

January 24, 2023

People breaking into mailboxes now.

People breaking into mailboxes now.

Seed failures!

Seed failures!

Starting are sunchokes inside a container

Starting are sunchokes inside a container

Sunchokes a great alternative to planting potatoes.

Sunchokes a great alternative to planting potatoes.

The seeds I bought online failed to germinate! A very common problem.

The seeds I bought online failed to germinate! A very common problem.

Overwintering my brussels sprouts

Overwintering my brussels sprouts

Making our gravy less salty

Making our gravy less salty

over wintering our brussels sprouts

over wintering our brussels sprouts

Chickens and the heat

Chickens and the heat

Beat the heat in your garden

Beat the heat in your garden

Using Solar to run my plant sprinklers. @ruralhomesteaders6567

Using Solar to run my plant sprinklers. @ruralhomesteaders6567

Starting seeds again- this late in the year….

Starting seeds again- this late in the year….

Checking my incubated eggs to see if any of these are viable.

Checking my incubated eggs to see if any of these are viable.

Collecting some firewood for winter

Collecting some firewood for winter

Checking in on that hive that was infected with moths last month.

Checking in on that hive that was infected with moths last month.

Bee moths in the hives…

Bee moths in the hives…

Making some chick food for the new babies

Making some chick food for the new babies

Gophers in your garden box?

Gophers in your garden box?

10 things were getting ready to plant in a garden tomorrow. August 1.

10 things were getting ready to plant in a garden tomorrow. August 1.

Different type of grapes were growing.

Different type of grapes were growing.

Gorilla tape hack for the

Gorilla tape hack for the

Emergency meds for the side of the road.

Emergency meds for the side of the road.

Introducing several different aged chickens in the coop

Introducing several different aged chickens in the coop

Our Amazon greenhouse jungle today.

Our Amazon greenhouse jungle today.

Comparing a couple egg hatchers

Comparing a couple egg hatchers

Ecell bike upgrades

Ecell bike upgrades

Chicken eye problems

Chicken eye problems

Somethings attacking my tomato plants!

Somethings attacking my tomato plants!

Nite-Guard deployment

Nite-Guard deployment

Halls getting our free ranging chickens.

Halls getting our free ranging chickens.

Keeping our chickens from overheating

Keeping our chickens from overheating

Deploying lady bugs in our front yard garden

Deploying lady bugs in our front yard garden

Water for the bees

Water for the bees

Brown sugar hack

Brown sugar hack

Starting baby chicks with Ley crumble

Starting baby chicks with Ley crumble

Getting too hot for the hives

Getting too hot for the hives

Harvesting some cabbage for dinner

Harvesting some cabbage for dinner

Feed, you never know until you know

Feed, you never know until you know

Gray watering our swale.

Gray watering our swale.

The Real American Awakening

The Real American Awakening

The Real American Awakening

The Real American Awakening

Using eggshells in your garden

Using eggshells in your garden

Burn barrels

Burn barrels

Starting our freeze dried test for the year.

Starting our freeze dried test for the year.

A quick glimpse into the greenhouse

A quick glimpse into the greenhouse

Freeze dried garden and why we do square foot gardening

Freeze dried garden and why we do square foot gardening

Animal food when you can’t get animal food

Animal food when you can’t get animal food

Adding a Bee Nuc to a hive.

Adding a Bee Nuc to a hive.

Prepping for our animals food

Prepping for our animals food

Sealing Mylar bags

Sealing Mylar bags

Gas extraction technique on a new TRD Pro Truck using 1/2 hose.

Gas extraction technique on a new TRD Pro Truck using 1/2 hose.

Starting Root Veggies in March before last freeze

Starting Root Veggies in March before last freeze

Freeze dried smoked bacon three months old

Freeze dried smoked bacon three months old

What’s wrong with my active yeast?

What’s wrong with my active yeast?

Water system in our horseshoe garden.

Water system in our horseshoe garden.

Automatic watering system to a raised bed and greenhouse shelves.

Automatic watering system to a raised bed and greenhouse shelves.

Old seed germination test. Two and three year old packets.

Old seed germination test. Two and three year old packets.

Building a pollinator garden today

Building a pollinator garden today

Starting some seeds for My neighbors today.

Starting some seeds for My neighbors today.

Is my hive queen right? Checking to see. It's Jan 2022 right now.

Is my hive queen right? Checking to see. It's Jan 2022 right now.

How to add more drying time

How to add more drying time

Extracting calcium from egg shells

Extracting calcium from egg shells

Working out the kinks in my gopher smoker.

Working out the kinks in my gopher smoker.

Starting our square-foot garden winter crops.

Starting our square-foot garden winter crops.

What do you mean my seeds have expired?

What do you mean my seeds have expired?

Chicken with a broken leg

Chicken with a broken leg

Rodents in the chicken coop.

Rodents in the chicken coop.

Well, that didn’t work. Tried something new to get the bees off the frames. Turns out they swarmed.

Well, that didn’t work. Tried something new to get the bees off the frames. Turns out they swarmed.

Rodent problem in the chicken coop

Rodent problem in the chicken coop

Problem with my bee feeder

Problem with my bee feeder

Hobbs Haunting

Hobbs Haunting

Freeze dried asparagus tip

Freeze dried asparagus tip

Extracting honey - how we do it

Extracting honey - how we do it

Extracting honey from some of the hives today.

Extracting honey from some of the hives today.

Extracting honey

Extracting honey

Putting the frames back in the hive.

Putting the frames back in the hive.

Putt king the honey off the frames.

Putt king the honey off the frames.

Range Bag 2021

Range Bag 2021

Range bag

Range bag

Freeze drying canned goods and then putting them back in the cans.

Freeze drying canned goods and then putting them back in the cans.

Freeze dried fruit in oatmeal

Freeze dried fruit in oatmeal

Diner from the dryer....

Diner from the dryer....

Bee feeding

Bee feeding

New baby chicks! Starting them inside with the kittens.

New baby chicks! Starting them inside with the kittens.

First batch of Freeze Dried fruit is done!

First batch of Freeze Dried fruit is done!

Jackery 1500 stopped charging off either solar panel

Jackery 1500 stopped charging off either solar panel

Harvest Right freeze dryer repaired

Harvest Right freeze dryer repaired

Keeping bees out of your pool

Keeping bees out of your pool

Home-made flea remedy

Home-made flea remedy

Spiralizer 10 blade slicer and why we upgraded

Spiralizer 10 blade slicer and why we upgraded

Final filtering of the honey

Final filtering of the honey

Filtering out the impurities from beehive.

Filtering out the impurities from beehive.

Neither decision on the bees

Neither decision on the bees

Separation anxiety

Separation anxiety

Well that was a mess

Well that was a mess

Milkweed starting in your garden.

Milkweed starting in your garden.

Jackery 1500 doesn’t work with my 100w panel!

Jackery 1500 doesn’t work with my 100w panel!

Testing two fans with my Jackery

Testing two fans with my Jackery

Jackery extension cable that works!

Jackery extension cable that works!

Lost my to do book after using it for 1 day!

Lost my to do book after using it for 1 day!

EDC )Every Day Carry) to work

EDC )Every Day Carry) to work

AirCrete mixing

AirCrete mixing

AirCrete over our Gazebo

AirCrete over our Gazebo

Saving seeds from one of our favorite tomato plants to start again.

Saving seeds from one of our favorite tomato plants to start again.

Splitting the hive before they swarm.

Splitting the hive before they swarm.

Splitting the hive before it storms

Splitting the hive before it storms

Adding another brooder box to our beehive.

Adding another brooder box to our beehive.

Adding another brooder box and checking the high for the first time.

Adding another brooder box and checking the high for the first time.

Well that didn’t work.

Well that didn’t work.

What to do when your bees start bearding on the outside of their box?

What to do when your bees start bearding on the outside of their box?

Do you add D. E. To your soil?

Do you add D. E. To your soil?

Chickens in the garden, a good thing?

Chickens in the garden, a good thing?

A couple gardening hacks to make your work a little easier.

A couple gardening hacks to make your work a little easier.

Lock, what lock?

Lock, what lock?

External USB hard drive reader as well as cloning device.

External USB hard drive reader as well as cloning device.

Slicing fresh bread

Slicing fresh bread

Easiest way to crack a fresh laid boiled egg.

Easiest way to crack a fresh laid boiled egg.

Jackery 1500

Jackery 1500

What to do with your overgrown asparagus spears

What to do with your overgrown asparagus spears

Wild eggs. What to do with them?

Wild eggs. What to do with them?

Gone for two weeks - how did the greenhouse automation work?

Gone for two weeks - how did the greenhouse automation work?

Testing out that new ax I got.

Testing out that new ax I got.

Feeding the newbies a 2 to 1 solution

Feeding the newbies a 2 to 1 solution

Growing asparagus one, two and four-year-old growths

Growing asparagus one, two and four-year-old growths

Simplifying growing potatoes in the onions in a bucket.

Simplifying growing potatoes in the onions in a bucket.

Starting some corn in the greenhouse.

Starting some corn in the greenhouse.

Trying out a new chicken swing

Trying out a new chicken swing

Starting the new hive

Starting the new hive

Square foot gardening inside our greenhouse update

Square foot gardening inside our greenhouse update

Starting a new hive today.

Starting a new hive today.

Critters in my coop

Critters in my coop