Welcome to our monthly podcast where we’re discussing everything that’s been going on here at Riverbend. Throughout the seasons, our daily and weekly tasks change quite a bit, and because this homesteading journey is never-ending, we’re always learning and making adjustments to our systems and routines.
You can find more of these State of the Homestead podcasts here.
In This Episode
- What we’re doing on the homestead in October.
- Clearing out the garden and some of our favorite ways to make sure we’re getting all the “colors of the rainbow” into our diet.
- Butchering chickens, turkeys, lambs and pigs, and why we choose to butcher these smaller animals ourselves (instead of sending them out to the butcher).
- Upgrading electrical and watering systems to continue improving efficiency (especially during the winter months). Learn more about our farm watering systems.
- Putting the rotational grazing systems away. Learn more about how we use rotational grazing for a small homestead.
- Clearing forest land to create more pasture land. Check out this video where we actually logged our trees with horses!
- We’re always trying to reduce feed costs on the farm. This year we grew extra winter squash, but also inadvertently reduced our alfalfa pellets for the dairy cows. Learn how we buy feed in bulk and what to feed chickens without feed.
- In the past few weeks we’ve had multiple power-outages (including one that lasted multiple days). This caused us to assess our systems for power outages and make improvements where we were able. Read our tips for how to be prepared for a power outage.
