Was fixing my excess drake situation and this guy, the last to be processed, started cuddling me hard. Wrapped his neck, hid in my shirt. Introducing, now pardoned, CuddleBear.3yr ⋅ crew88 ⋅ r/homestead
we close in 11 days! 15ac. what do you wish you had known before you started?1yr ⋅ GreedyEggplant6300 ⋅ r/homestead
I just became the owner of 5 acres with a little cabin that needs lots of work. Im planning to take my time, make it my own with the hope of a retirement homestead.4yr ⋅ kjkat56 ⋅ r/homestead
Fowlhalla's base is finished, now for all the details and nesting boxes. Working on some fence for the outside too.1yr ⋅ Projekt_BF ⋅ r/homestead
Happy thanksgiving to our American friends from your friends in the UK 🇬🇧 🇺🇸3yr ⋅ thechocolatebee ⋅ r/homestead
This picture is of me holding the first turkey we were able to process from my ranch. It’s silly, but I always wanted to be a farmer as a kid, so producing meat for my family was a neat milestone for my goals.2yr ⋅ Farm-Dave ⋅ r/homestead
Spent the entire weekend cleaning the pond. I’m so sore I can barely walk. The pond won.3yr ⋅ cowskeeper ⋅ r/homestead
My wife and I have been working on our homestead for about 5 years now. We expanded our garden this year and this was our harvest from just today! Feeling very proud today1yr ⋅ Pranknight ⋅ r/homestead
Bought ten acres a year ago. Working on our first garden. Husband dug out sod with tractor, now I’m creating rows and building a fence. Our toddlers are helping pick out rocks. Don’t really know what we are doing, but it sure is fun!3yr ⋅ omhaverly ⋅ r/homestead
There are protests and roadblocks in Panama, and no one can get gasoline for their boats. ...and suddenly I'm not The Weird Guy for having solar boats. :-P6mo ⋅ JaimieMantzel ⋅ r/homestead
I guess we are getting serious, we picked up “Birdie” the heifer today. She’s staying at Father in laws until we get her set up at our house!3yr ⋅ Woodsman1718 ⋅ r/homestead
I love it when you can barely see your toast because of your homegrown tomato slices!3yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
I'm just starting out so I'm going for small wins here, but I built myself a rain barrel stand!4yr ⋅ jucythighs ⋅ r/homestead
One of the nice things about living in south Georgia is all the free food that falls on the ground each year in our yard.2yr ⋅ Interesting-Beyond50 ⋅ r/homestead
A little flower harvest for my wife's first mother's day! Let them sleep in while I went out to pick from around the homestead2yr ⋅ DjBonadoobie ⋅ r/homestead
Got a good start getting that winter heating bill cut and stacked this morning.. Rather cut wood than ever pay a utility bill ever again!10mo ⋅ EasyAcresPaul ⋅ r/homestead
Weird lookin' egg in the nesting box tonight... think it's ok to eat?1yr ⋅ DjBonadoobie ⋅ r/homestead
I can finally say that I’ve joined you guys. 4 acre farmhouse closed on today3yr ⋅ Kaherahmad ⋅ r/homestead
A little split rail style fence I put together to frame our forest trail entrance! Simple, but I’m proud of it3yr ⋅ moon-toast ⋅ r/homestead
Horrible people. I found a stash of 33 tires on my property in a heap. I hope I catch them.1yr ⋅ Disgruntled_Viking ⋅ r/homestead
Meet Ricky! My spoiled little house duck who likes to give hugs, nibble on ears and would always prefer to be carried if give the option.3yr ⋅ Contrell56 ⋅ r/homestead
Haven’t gotten much love from the gardening community. I was thinking you folks in homestead might appreciate the sweet corn a little more. We’re looking forward to August!11mo ⋅ unaccountabledio ⋅ r/homestead
Found this absolute unit of a black rat snake raiding one of my ducks' nests for eggs.2yr ⋅ SirTrypsalot ⋅ r/homestead
A Craigslist freebie wood stove has made our living room so cozy. I love having a fire again!2yr ⋅ inafowlmood ⋅ r/homestead
My chickens heard about the price of eggs... now they’re talking about forming a union and asking for a raise1yr ⋅ Practical_Army_6482 ⋅ r/homestead
Trying not to get my hopes up because the deal has not closed just yet, but my offer was accepted on what might be my first ever property. Its only a couple acres but it has a barn, a couple small fields and a mature apple tree!3yr ⋅ MHTBravo ⋅ r/homestead
Bought our own little slice of heaven. 25 acres! We’re leaving most of the woods for hunting, but have 5 acres for food!2yr ⋅ JCtheWanderingCrow ⋅ r/homestead
My daughter was beyond proud this fall when her onions won 1st prize at the county fair!4yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
This is why you don’t leave the lid off the rabbit feed. Not even long enough to just feed the rabbits.8mo ⋅ johnnyg883 ⋅ r/homestead
Little gal was born this morning; had to suit her up for the cold night ahead.2yr ⋅ parothed28 ⋅ r/homestead
Scarlett taneger flew into our window and needed a moment to recover.1yr ⋅ sheeps_heart ⋅ r/homestead
Pecan harvest on our rented plot. Potchefstroom South Africa. Going to try my first pecan pie.1yr ⋅ roserapha ⋅ r/homestead
Found her covered in mud and crying, I can’t believe someone would leave her on my ranch. People are so cruel.5yr ⋅ 1helluvalyfe ⋅ r/homestead
Foundation I used for my greenhouse, cut all the cedars from our farm and used them to level the base on our hilly land1yr ⋅ robertjones111 ⋅ r/homestead
Traded 1 drake and 4 adult ducks for all this meat. My neighbor raises cattle and just had one processed. Ground beef, t bone, roasts, livers and some more cuts I’ve never had. Very excited!2yr ⋅ johhnytexas ⋅ r/homestead
Somebody got carrots today for their treat for being a good little piggy!3yr ⋅ jared317 ⋅ r/homestead
Today I took possession of my very first home on 10.55 acres! Wish me luck on my journey into homesteading. I have so much planned for this place!3yr ⋅ TheNameless73 ⋅ r/homestead
My daughter was nervous about the spectator at her riding lesson but she keep it together and did a great job!3yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
Update on the tail chewing piglets:) the dog toys worked, and all tails remained intact!1yr ⋅ Forward_Sherbert8939 ⋅ r/homestead
the giant crimson is an extinct heirloom variety resurrected from an 87 year old seed packet. only available at MI gardener limit 2 5 seed packets per customer. I know some of you wait for these releases. still in stock as of now2yr ⋅ front_yard_duck_dad ⋅ r/homestead
the other day bringing home my bottle calfs. 2 Holstein steers right in the back of our Dodge Ram 🤣🐄🐄1yr ⋅ lunaalovegood24 ⋅ r/homestead
Omg! Just realized this sub was a thing! Thought I dreamt it! Getting ready for my first winter off grid!2yr ⋅ OfficeSad5168 ⋅ r/homestead
I only live in an apartment, but it's my dream to make the jump to a proper piece of land in the near future. In the meantime, here's the start of my future chestnut orchard.2yr ⋅ SaltLifeDPP ⋅ r/homestead
The girls yearly rent was due. They gave me roughly 50-55 lbs. honey. I use eight frame small supers. I have three hives so this came from 24 frames. All in all, not bad. I should still get another 2 to 3 pounds of honey from the wax capping’s.3yr ⋅ rhudson77 ⋅ r/homestead
Built a floating house for our ducks. Not sure if they’ll like it, but it was fun to think through it and build it. Hope you like it!3yr ⋅ potatojones1984 ⋅ r/homestead
We decided not to kill daddy longlegs this year and it has made a HUGE difference in the gnats and mosquitoes in our house!1yr ⋅ stonewallmike ⋅ r/homestead
Look what our new feral cat gifted us with today. I'm a ladies 8 for reference. And we adopted this cat to help with a major rat issue. Biggest one I've seen2yr ⋅ cowskeeper ⋅ r/homestead
Finally found a use for all those feed bags we've been collecting for 10 years. We built a teepee with them and went winter camping last night!3yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
Venison, squash, potatoes, chanterelles, and pan-fried maple syrup-glazed brussels sprouts. All from our land!1yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
After freeloading all summer, it’s about time he did something around here...3yr ⋅ acshaggyturtle ⋅ r/homestead
We grew our own black beans this year. We ended up with just over 5 litres (~ 10lbs). This should do us for the year!2yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
my fiance and MIL on the property of our new farm in South NJ. still trying to figure out what to do with 12 acres!1yr ⋅ Prior_Dog6593 ⋅ r/homestead
One of the nice things about living in south Georgia is all the free food that falls on the ground each year in our yard.4yr ⋅ oreotragus ⋅ r/homestead
After many hours our little project is finally finished. Now on to the next one.4yr ⋅ maxme2019 ⋅ r/homestead
If I had a goat on my property that could do this I would get rid of his ass. Spooky!!2yr ⋅ Large-Rip-2331 ⋅ r/homestead
We bought a 400 year old farm! I cant wait untill the chickens and sheep are here!4yr ⋅ _Dorvin_ ⋅ r/homestead
Lazy Sunday dinner, after a severe drought here in Italy, we have struggled with the veg garden. Everything on the plate was home grown, including the Australorp chicken!1yr ⋅ Icy-Hippopotenuse ⋅ r/homestead
a black goat imitating human by walking with hind legs tricks the chicken into the shack. This is an oldie but still scary as hell.1yr ⋅ Large-Rip-2331 ⋅ r/homestead
Had to pull the taps because I was getting more sap than I could cook down. 3 gallons of maple syrup in the larder1yr ⋅ Electrical_Skirt21 ⋅ r/homestead
1 year later our little teepee made of feed bags is still standing and ready for another winter camping adventure!2yr ⋅ atodaso ⋅ r/homestead
Update 2: It's official. The engineer inspection went well, he said is comfy11mo ⋅ zshxck ⋅ r/homestead
One of the goats got cuddly when I was coloring wool, want to guess which? [OC]1yr ⋅ NerdyManifesting ⋅ r/homestead
Just went under contract on 16+ acre with two streams running through it. As long as everything goes as planned we'll have a bunch of work on our hands BEOY. Wish us luck.2yr ⋅ randomsryan ⋅ r/homestead
Snowy morning on our off grid Alaska Homestead. We’ve got 16 more inches of snow expected Sunday night.1yr ⋅ ThreatLvl_1200 ⋅ r/homestead
