Tag: Homestead

This video contains an unboxing of our YouCopia RollDown Refrigerator Egg Dispensers, and an argument with my wife.

I won’t go into the details, but last night we lost the third of our four baby Guineafowl. Including but not limited to. The armadillos, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, opossums, raccoons, snakes, and wolves are plentiful here. After the first breach into what I thought was predator-proof enough, yesterday I moved the remaining two birds into

Heard some groaning in the woods, thought it was Mama Cow having her baby. False alarm.

Because we’re new in Tennessee, we knew we needed to make some initial improvements. But we’ve learned that hiring workers with the proper equipment over the past five months was more costly than we anticipated. Moreover, now we realize looking forward, that future annual costs for land management will be more than we thought (to

Since Jackson primarily belongs to my wife, and she’s away, I decided to videotape this Kodak moment for her.

This is not my first Chicken rodeo, but it is our first flock of chickens in Tennessee. This morning at exactly 10:00 AM I heard our Chickens going nuts, and the Bantom Rooster was in overdrive. Since Bantams are small, he has a Napoleon complex. But this time I think he was singing “Macho macho macho

Tonight, these four Deer were eating in our backyard. We have much more Deer than this daily on our property. But they are very camera shy, and usually, run away when they see us. This time I managed to open the squeaky door to capture this. My lens was set at 300mm. The one looking

As stated before, our front porch is a great place to relax. Today we were visited by a Luminescent Luna Moth. Our porch is also frequented by various Wildlife, Synchronous Fireflies, and some of the largest Butterflies. And sometimes we have a camera ready just in time. “If you have never seen a pearly crescent

Here’s more commentary from our porch. Update: The frog made Caliber very sick, and so she was close to taking a trip to the emergency animal hospital. Thankfully she recovered overnight. I was advised this creature is a Cicadas. They are good for the ecological environment.

My new 5’x8′ Gadsden Flag flying underneath the Tennessee flag. My Gadsden flag is not for looks; it is a warning. It is not offensive, it is defensive. In other words, I will not come to your home, office, or capitol to cause you trouble. But on the defense, if necessary, I am prepared to