Our homemade natural swimming pond! A perfect way to cool off after tending to the gardens, orchard, and greenhouse 💙4yr ⋅ MarasmiusOreades ⋅ r/homestead
Started my own tomato seeds this year and actually got to plant over 100 of them in the garden. Here is my first big harvest of the year. Now it’s time to start canning.2yr ⋅ LilyD93 ⋅ r/homestead
Just closed on these five acres. Lots to do, but for now I’m gonna focus on finishing my beer.3yr ⋅ bciceros ⋅ r/homestead
Our peanut haul today. Probably two 5 gallon buckets of peanuts from one 60ft row and we will give the greens to the cows.1yr ⋅ WalkAboutFarms ⋅ r/homestead
Just purchased this 20+ acre lot for our future home! Also included were 14 cows! Never had cows before so this will be exciting! Here’s to a new chapter4yr ⋅ R_Sams2 ⋅ r/homestead
It's not much but it'll feed the family and that's all we need 🙂. We rent a 1 are plantation in downtown Helsinki for only ≈30€/year2yr ⋅ HEPOSHEIKKI ⋅ r/homestead
The guy in the image collects lost apple varieties. He also has a website where you can buy saplings of these apples which I will provide a link for below incase you want some unique Apples in your garden.3yr ⋅ Putyrslf1 ⋅ r/homestead
Neighbor tied a knot in a small cherry branch and let it mature for a cane!! How cool is that!!1yr ⋅ Choice-Ad2269 ⋅ r/homestead
Finally got my hands on our Sapphire Gem rooster, my wife snapped a couple of pics. He’s a wonderful flock protector .1yr ⋅ Kenansphotography ⋅ r/homestead
making maple syrup on our half-acre mini-homestead in quebec, canada; same trees but later in the season brings the darker colour. just thought they were so beautiful and wanted to share. very grateful for this gift.2yr ⋅ natdoodle ⋅ r/homestead
My dreams have come true! My wife and I purchased 30 acres of rolling farmland in West Virgina!9mo ⋅ firewindrefuge ⋅ r/homestead
Sick of all these over-sexualized vegetables. Some vegetables just want to cuddle 🥺4yr ⋅ mightseduceurdadtype ⋅ r/homestead
Working on my new Viking themed Chicken Coop. One side is done, fitted with cedar.1yr ⋅ Projekt_BF ⋅ r/homestead
Raw, cultured butter with flaky salt crystals and fresh garden thyme. Butter like this makes me feel wealthy.3yr ⋅ applesweaters ⋅ r/homestead
100% of my lunch today was grown/ raised/ butchered/ cooked my me and I am so pleased3yr ⋅ Kootenay85 ⋅ r/homestead
Planted this Evans cherry tree last year and this year it gave us one single perfect cherry4yr ⋅ theartofinsanity ⋅ r/homestead
Utility raised rates by 15% starting this month... I said, nuh-uh (and other choice words). I should have been doing this all along.2yr ⋅ el_coremino ⋅ r/homestead
Our first glass of pure, filtered rainwater! It took us an entire year, with lots of learning and frustration, but our home is finally run off of 100% rain! (And oh my, the fresh smell of a rainwater shower is indescribable!)3yr ⋅ MarasmiusOreades ⋅ r/homestead
We named her Petal, her sister, Blossom, is in the background. 3rd and 4th out of 7 kids born at our homestead this year.1yr ⋅ Mainiac2015 ⋅ r/homestead
Life on land is a privilege but there is a price to pay . Spring floods, now summer fires. This is the next ridge East of us.1yr ⋅ HungryResearch8153 ⋅ r/homestead
Meet Chili the Emu! He’s basically the cutest thing I have ever seen.3yr ⋅ princess-consuela-bh ⋅ r/homestead
Best gloves I've ever owned. they stood up to 16 months of farm life, and over a season of firewood and wood furnace abuse. 100% bought a replacement pair.1yr ⋅ Sunstoned1 ⋅ r/homestead
How concerned should I be with a pack of wolves on our property and what should I do?7mo ⋅ EllandSea ⋅ r/homestead
Well I don’t know how this happened. I don’t even own that type of bucket.3yr ⋅ clevel19 ⋅ r/homestead
Finally found a local food bank to donate our extra fresh eggs! (30 per day stacks up so fast)3yr ⋅ LauraInglesWildin ⋅ r/homestead
Our very first garden! I know it's not huge or anything, but it's a step in the right direction!2yr ⋅ Buwaro ⋅ r/homestead
Tonight's dessert from my own backyard! Im being a braggart, but c'mon look at that!!!😻1yr ⋅ ClamToes ⋅ r/homestead
Garden all planted, zone 5B Vermont. It’s iffy planting tender crops here before June 1. My pond is a USDA designed and funded farm pond built in the 1960’s. My garden plot is in the old barnyard, 200 years of cattle manure.3yr ⋅ Vermontbuilder ⋅ r/homestead
Repurposed a broken jungle gym into a new wood rack. I can’t toss good “junk”.1yr ⋅ Thundergrundel ⋅ r/homestead
Built my first coop for my first flock. All materials were salvaged.3yr ⋅ fleetwood_mac_dre ⋅ r/homestead
My town (Lake Charles, La) took a direct hit from Hurricane Laura. She uprooted a dozen of my huge oak trees and broke most of my fruit trees. But I found our first ripe Meyer lemon in the debris. When life gives you lemons...make a whiskey sour. Isn't that the saying?3yr ⋅ UnicornsAndJerky ⋅ r/homestead
If Covid-19 were actually a serious illness I estimate I could survive for at least a year without leaving my property with minimal discomfort. I would probably get much healthier from the lack of fried food and refined sugar and the environment would be better off.4yr ⋅ Trentongibbons ⋅ r/homestead
One week ago we moved from one of the largest cities in the US to a cabin in the mountains. Let the adventure begin.2yr ⋅ J_Baloney ⋅ r/homestead
Small fry compared to some of you, but these 3.3 acres are now mine!3yr ⋅ seventumblers ⋅ r/homestead
So I stay at a friend's property for 1 night to help out, and this happens!! She didn't even wake us...what a magnificent beast she is.2yr ⋅ NecessaryOk4608 ⋅ r/homestead
Several people asked for a picture of the inside of the feedbag teepee. Here you go!3yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
First eggs ever. Same girl 3 days in a row. Worth almost $1k each.1yr ⋅ ME_NO_SMART_GUY ⋅ r/homestead
2020 ‘picked from the tree’ Honeycrisp Apple Cider. Aged 3 years in carboy and bottled tonight. We only have 2 trees but they produce enough every year for a good 4-5 gallons (20-24 bottles) of 12.5% cidery goodness!10mo ⋅ VonSwabbish ⋅ r/homestead
I don't know who played in the super bowl but I do know who's working on a chicken coop..1yr ⋅ 2oldsoulsinanewworld ⋅ r/homestead
My husband and I purchased 20acres just over a year ago, surrounded by beautiful Aussie rainforest!4yr ⋅ vampiracooks ⋅ r/homestead
the garage fridge is no longer the beer fridge - it is the egg fridge.1yr ⋅ hammer6golf ⋅ r/homestead
I was insulating the new workshop today and thought it was a neat shot down through the 1st trusses I ever designed. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska1yr ⋅ PsychicRhinoo ⋅ r/homestead
Last year I tried a '3 sisters planting' for the first time. It's a traditional first nations way of planting where you grow beans to fix nitrogen in the soil, squash as a ground cover, and corn as a structure for the squash and beans to climb. This was our harvest! Highly reccomend4yr ⋅ bonaire_thyme ⋅ r/homestead
Hubs and I bought a couple acres in Italy 🇮🇹 Let the adventure begin!2yr ⋅ modernhippieproject ⋅ r/homestead
I grew Bradford Watermelons for the first time this season. This fella is just under 35lbs and is the sweetest juiciest watermelon I've ever had. Very happy with how they turned out.2yr ⋅ kevinspoonie ⋅ r/homestead
YSK: Bobcats are a friend species that protect your homestead from pests like raccoons1yr ⋅ fleeingfox ⋅ r/homestead
I made and canned 16pt of strawberry jelly over the weekend. Already traded one to a neighbor for a jar of her homemade sauce!1yr ⋅ ecsluver_ ⋅ r/homestead
My saffron harvest so far this year! And there's still a few more flowers yet to bloom!3yr ⋅ dalori87 ⋅ r/homestead
Folks here make use of lots of upcycling but have yet to see this done.2yr ⋅ SeaOfFireflies ⋅ r/homestead
I brought this little guy home for the kids yesterday and later found out it was national Black Cat Day on Oct 27th. this guy is too cute!3yr ⋅ itsYourLifeCoach ⋅ r/homestead
When its a beautiful day and you want to let the hens out, but there are 5 bald eagles sitting in a tree...1yr ⋅ _ChairmanMeow- ⋅ r/homestead
If we’re gonna stare at it for months, might as well add some artwork to it2yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Just picked up this Hereford calf up at the auction..kind of small though1yr ⋅ katya1730 ⋅ r/homestead
A pet that hardly has any survival instincts. Hardly lays any eggs. Goes broody all the time. And only exists to walk around and create holes in the yard. Silkies are precious.2yr ⋅ Londonton1 ⋅ r/homestead
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week. This person is a genius!3yr ⋅ Commandersilv89 ⋅ r/homestead
should we keep our boar separate from newly born babies? him and the sow seem to be calling to each other and he seems to want to get to her.1yr ⋅ idontcarepleasestop ⋅ r/homestead
Penny repurposes our grain bags into beautiful piggie fashion! ❤️👗🐷1yr ⋅ AndSayMyLandIsFair ⋅ r/homestead
This is what happens if you crow at 4am on a Saturday morning.10mo ⋅ Antique-Public4876 ⋅ r/homestead
What impact would harvesting this hog / wild pig have on your homestead?2mo ⋅ ChiApeHunter ⋅ r/homestead
My wife is really excited about her Christmas gift, she can’t wait to open it and see what it is!1yr ⋅ frigginbourgeois ⋅ r/homestead
Our bees just swarmed and since I'm working on-call, my wife (who does not deal with the bees) stepped up and caught them! She's a keeper.4yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
15 years in the making. Our first Registered Red Angus was born today!1yr ⋅ BlackSheepOG ⋅ r/homestead
I'm shaking typing this. 3 acres, house, barn, outbuildings. It's finally ours. Paid off the mortgage yesterday. So grateful.4yr ⋅ FredDragons ⋅ r/homestead
Shoutout to all the homesteaders who face 20° mornings to make sure the work gets done2yr ⋅ whaduppp ⋅ r/homestead
Exercise aids. After 10 years retired these things help keep me moving. Woodshed is 4x4x2 metres, all hand split.1yr ⋅ 5ittingduck ⋅ r/homestead
I built this smokehouse for my husband for fathers day. Not perfect in Any way but it'll work and it looks nice i think4yr ⋅ discoflower ⋅ r/homestead
