Канал: More than a homestead

Quack quack, the farm is wet!

Quack quack, the farm is wet!

Cornish hatching their own peeps.

Cornish hatching their own peeps.

Solar electric fence.

Solar electric fence.

New rotational grazing for the goats.

New rotational grazing for the goats.

Sorghum is up

Sorghum is up

Changing little tires made simple

Changing little tires made simple

Rotating goat pasture

Rotating goat pasture

PAZ1 diesel injector ping and start-up.

PAZ1 diesel injector ping and start-up.

cute kids born today

cute kids born today

2024 maple season start!

2024 maple season start!

Little diesel heater. Biofuel future.

Little diesel heater. Biofuel future.

Salt curing pork!

Salt curing pork!

Old minivan grounding hack.

Old minivan grounding hack.

Glow plugs went bad on the tdi jetta.

Glow plugs went bad on the tdi jetta.

Wankel km3 engine on a mower.

Wankel km3 engine on a mower.

The rat and mouse room.

The rat and mouse room.

Cost-effective direct lithium battery solar charger

Cost-effective direct lithium battery solar charger

bison beginning rut, just listen

bison beginning rut, just listen

Leaf chopper hammer mill

Leaf chopper hammer mill

Making deer steaks.

Making deer steaks.

Hydrogen fusion powered log spliter.

Hydrogen fusion powered log spliter.

Organic corn for making corn meal grows great corn!

Organic corn for making corn meal grows great corn!

What homesteaders do on a Saturday night...

What homesteaders do on a Saturday night...

Boiling sorghum molasses slowly.

Boiling sorghum molasses slowly.

Juices fly from milling sorghum cane.

Juices fly from milling sorghum cane.

Prepping sorghum for milling.

Prepping sorghum for milling.

Cutting sorghum cane.

Cutting sorghum cane.

Getting ready for our last chicken butcher tomorrow.

Getting ready for our last chicken butcher tomorrow.

Figs in Ohio.

Figs in Ohio.

Making sorghum silage.

Making sorghum silage.

Thornless blackberries in Ohio.

Thornless blackberries in Ohio.

kimchi " sour puss" for sale!

kimchi " sour puss" for sale!

Making sauerkraut.

Making sauerkraut.

Smoke reducing solar power.

Smoke reducing solar power.

Direct solar fan for the goats.

Direct solar fan for the goats.

What are you harvesting?

What are you harvesting?

How do you cure your stevia?

How do you cure your stevia?

Garlic harvest is in.

Garlic harvest is in.

275 gallon rain barrel saves the garden this year!

275 gallon rain barrel saves the garden this year!

My favorite sparrow trap.

My favorite sparrow trap.

Got a free 330w solar panel!

Got a free 330w solar panel!

beautiful night on the homestead

beautiful night on the homestead

Do you let some of your hens go broody?

Do you let some of your hens go broody?

Are your blue berries ripe yet? Ours just started turning!

Are your blue berries ripe yet? Ours just started turning!

Tour of the homestead at the end of spring.

Tour of the homestead at the end of spring.

Have you ever seen a briggs motor wheel car running?

Have you ever seen a briggs motor wheel car running?

cultivating corn with a speedex

cultivating corn with a speedex

Do you have a cat with no worries? We do!

Do you have a cat with no worries? We do!

original cub cadet with a brinly planter

original cub cadet with a brinly planter

our sorghum is up already

our sorghum is up already

How to weed corn and sorghum?

How to weed corn and sorghum?

open pollinated corn growing well

open pollinated corn growing well

smoking hams on a nice cool may morning

smoking hams on a nice cool may morning

auger drill for quick planting

auger drill for quick planting

how we grow potatoes

how we grow potatoes

power back up system

power back up system

making hay in feed sacks

making hay in feed sacks

small hay chopper for night cutting

small hay chopper for night cutting

nubian kids born today!

nubian kids born today!

heating the greenhouse with a lantern

heating the greenhouse with a lantern

composting fish in sawdust

composting fish in sawdust

fast fill water hose end

fast fill water hose end

Starlink the other night.

Starlink the other night.

Garlic at the beginning of May!

Garlic at the beginning of May!

Our first yellow and gray mushrooms!

Our first yellow and gray mushrooms!

Testing a cub cadet gen starter.

Testing a cub cadet gen starter.

Nicotiana tabacum and rustic starts

Nicotiana tabacum and rustic starts

lots of kids this year

lots of kids this year

baby goats just born

baby goats just born

Starting nicotiana tabacum.

Starting nicotiana tabacum.

L175 Kubota hydraulic oil screen plugged.

L175 Kubota hydraulic oil screen plugged.

planting onions in the dark!

planting onions in the dark!

L175 Kubota plowing tonight.

L175 Kubota plowing tonight.

taking care of Y's brooders

taking care of Y's brooders

A fowl water system for summer.

A fowl water system for summer.

What in the world caused this flat tire?

What in the world caused this flat tire?

little Chinese diesel runs well

little Chinese diesel runs well

generator carb cleaning

generator carb cleaning

First green chop of the year

First green chop of the year

92 maytag engine startup

92 maytag engine startup

rat pen design

rat pen design

Scrap 3.5 briggs runs great with just a little love.

Scrap 3.5 briggs runs great with just a little love.

homemade j feeder for quail pens

homemade j feeder for quail pens

green chop cover crop

green chop cover crop

blessings on the homestead

blessings on the homestead

peeps

peeps

filtering maple syrup

filtering maple syrup

hawk out eating sparrows

hawk out eating sparrows

garlic is doing well

garlic is doing well

maple season is slowing down

maple season is slowing down

Wintering duckweed for spring planting.

Wintering duckweed for spring planting.

dirty turkey fryer burner

dirty turkey fryer burner

boiling at night

boiling at night

What maple syrup looks like when it is done.

What maple syrup looks like when it is done.

Lots of steam boiling off today!

Lots of steam boiling off today!

Final maple boil of our first batch.

Final maple boil of our first batch.

First maple boil of 2023!

First maple boil of 2023!

Just started maple season!

Just started maple season!

cutting porkchops

cutting porkchops

cutting a hog with the saw

cutting a hog with the saw

8 hogs hung, 7 degrees f outside.

8 hogs hung, 7 degrees f outside.

Kit feeding, grit on a Wednesday night.

Kit feeding, grit on a Wednesday night.

Adding proteins to your chicken feed.

Adding proteins to your chicken feed.

if you want birds to lay eggs, they need protein

if you want birds to lay eggs, they need protein

simple chicken roost

simple chicken roost

Do you have enough grit to run a homestead?

Do you have enough grit to run a homestead?

homemade wool hat

homemade wool hat

Baby quail chicks in the brooder.

Baby quail chicks in the brooder.

windshield wiper lost ground simple fix

windshield wiper lost ground simple fix

nickel iron batteries

nickel iron batteries

traxxas 2.5 test run

traxxas 2.5 test run

Wind generator making power in the winter.

Wind generator making power in the winter.

large red-tailed hawk

large red-tailed hawk

Cold smoking bacon!

Cold smoking bacon!

Home-made predator motor backup generator.

Home-made predator motor backup generator.

new L16 batteries for the shop solar system.

new L16 batteries for the shop solar system.

mobile inverter with a super capacitor starting a rip saw

mobile inverter with a super capacitor starting a rip saw

Making lard from the hog fat.

Making lard from the hog fat.

making bacon, the salt cure

making bacon, the salt cure

Making sausage and loin steaks.

Making sausage and loin steaks.

The crew grinding pork.

The crew grinding pork.

Peaking the shop batteries when we don't have sun.

Peaking the shop batteries when we don't have sun.

Why people don't like solar in Ohio.

Why people don't like solar in Ohio.

Gifted a 350 lb hog tonight. We got her hanging in the shop.

Gifted a 350 lb hog tonight. We got her hanging in the shop.

Large hybrid generator for a furniture manufacture.

Large hybrid generator for a furniture manufacture.

old spark plugs 34 vrs 3095

old spark plugs 34 vrs 3095

FH briggs engine overhead valve design.

FH briggs engine overhead valve design.

Making some tinctures, vanilla, stevia, and hibiscus.

Making some tinctures, vanilla, stevia, and hibiscus.

Storm killed morning doves.

Storm killed morning doves.

Snow filled shed.

Snow filled shed.

What is inside of a Ryobi lithium battery?

What is inside of a Ryobi lithium battery?

Small stirling engine cold start up.

Small stirling engine cold start up.

Better spark with new capacitor. I think it will work for an upright maytag.

Better spark with new capacitor. I think it will work for an upright maytag.

5 pin relay spark plug driver.

5 pin relay spark plug driver.

The new barn with some pigeons and pheasants in it.

The new barn with some pigeons and pheasants in it.

New dove, pigeon, and pheasant barn.

New dove, pigeon, and pheasant barn.

Small homemade super capacitor.

Small homemade super capacitor.

Playing with TEC and TEG "thermoelectric generators"

Playing with TEC and TEG "thermoelectric generators"

Lister D engine.

Lister D engine.

Generator spark problem.

Generator spark problem.

Quick gas powered feed grinder.

Quick gas powered feed grinder.

Quail watering system.

Quail watering system.

Mouse house

Mouse house

Bill went through the fence.

Bill went through the fence.

Old ford 8n cold start in December.

Old ford 8n cold start in December.

Small batch of sorghum silage.

Small batch of sorghum silage.

Treadmill powered meat grinder.

Treadmill powered meat grinder.

Maytag twin engine running.

Maytag twin engine running.

Tiny diesel motor. So many projects...

Tiny diesel motor. So many projects...

Slant fin FH Briggs running.

Slant fin FH Briggs running.

Little Sachs Wankel engine running smooth.

Little Sachs Wankel engine running smooth.

Little shed solar system. Runs a fridge great.

Little shed solar system. Runs a fridge great.

Upright Maytag using a ford buzz coil.

Upright Maytag using a ford buzz coil.

Upright Maytag 1/2 hp runs great.

Upright Maytag 1/2 hp runs great.

Homemade buzz coil made from stuff around the house.

Homemade buzz coil made from stuff around the house.

adjustable temp switch.

adjustable temp switch.

reed switch

reed switch

Lithium run on sun battery charger

Lithium run on sun battery charger

Super capacitor holds a charge for a month.

Super capacitor holds a charge for a month.

This is us.

This is us.

58 farad super capacitor charging.

58 farad super capacitor charging.

Small solar panel to trickle charge car or truck batteries with no electronics.

Small solar panel to trickle charge car or truck batteries with no electronics.

Simple hog waterer.

Simple hog waterer.

Look what Y drug home.

Look what Y drug home.

Thrashing sorghum grain with a chain beater.

Thrashing sorghum grain with a chain beater.

Bald eagle flies over.

Bald eagle flies over.

Small solar setup for lights

Small solar setup for lights

Cow turning grass into milk.

Cow turning grass into milk.

Giant corn this year.

Giant corn this year.

Quick fix to get me home. The old Dodge Cummins broke the throttle cable today.

Quick fix to get me home. The old Dodge Cummins broke the throttle cable today.

Common mower, tiller or log splitter carb fix.

Common mower, tiller or log splitter carb fix.

Outdoor rocket mass heater system.

Outdoor rocket mass heater system.

Rocket mass heater running well.

Rocket mass heater running well.

sun driven cooler fan

sun driven cooler fan

Home made generator made from a junk pressure washer.

Home made generator made from a junk pressure washer.

Sorghum grinding

Sorghum grinding

Food trail

Food trail