A few weeks ago, I had a huge scare. Most people would think I was crazy to call it that, but to me, it was potentially devastating. But in order to understand the panic and relief, I have to give you a little background. Just a few short months after Jason and I met, I …
People say that if you don’t like the weather in Georgia, just wait five minutes and it will change. We started out the Holidays with rain. I thought ‘Five minutes, it’ll change.’ Here we are 2 weeks later and finally it stopped. This weekend, it cleared to the sunniest day I can remember. Probably because the …
Winter is coming…even here in Georgia. Leaves are falling and so are the temperatures. We have had so much wind and freezing temps that I can’t help but think that there is snow in our future. So here on the Big Bear Homestead, we are taking a lot of measures to prepare for just that. Normally …
Walking through the property the other day, I noticed a bunch of feathers on the ground. First thought, “Great, we lost our chickens again.” Immediately I went into detective mode, looking for tracks and feces and maybe even a dead carcass if I was lucky. I went to look at our portable coops and tractors …
Man, I thought my midnight snacks with Satan were bad. But not nearly as bad as pulling weeds and harvesting once the sun comes over the tree line in June. So, the girls and I started a routine of getting up early on the weekends to beat the sun. Usually we must either take Blaze …
Well if you follow us at all on social media, you know that it has been a rough couple of weeks here on the old homestead. Between all of this rain and high winds, and mail jeeps breaking down, it was almost enough to give a homesteader some extra gray hair. Wait IT DID!! I guess …
Today was a week full of emotion. Ups and downs, lefts and rights and then the sudden stop. So come along with me as I tell you all about it. We started out with great momentum. Plants were being transplanted into the garden. Soil was being hoed and tilled for seed planting. Both Jason and …
It has been raining here this last week like it is an Olympic sport and mother nature is going for the gold. There are good and bad points when it comes to getting all of this rain. On one hand, we don’t have to water our garden or soft fruit. Our rain water containers are full. With heavy rain, …
I have been saying for a few weeks that Spring is a time to grow. But it is also a time to plant. So here on the homestead, it has been quite busy. Our temperatures have been all over the place, so we waited till the end of the week to start putting things out into the garden and transplanting …
You know when I was in the military there was always this urgency to be prepared and get ready. But then you would sit around and wait for everyone else to be ready. These days aren’t much different here on our homestead. We put in all the time and effort to quickly get our garden ready …
