Tag: Homesteading

  • Homestead: Weekend Project, No it’s Not a Grave, it’s a Root Cellar!

    Homestead: Weekend Project, No it’s Not a Grave, it’s a Root Cellar!

    No it's not a grave
    No it’s not a grave

    Step one: Dig! And more digging. Until you have a 4ft hole. Deep er is better, but for our needs it is enough.

    Digging root cellar
    Digging root cellar
    Zuccinni managing
    Zuccinni managing

    Good management is always important to getting the job done. Thankfully Patch and Zucchini stepped up to the job and kept us working until completion!

    Me and my scoop
    Me and my scoop

    My husband laughed at me and my scoop, but the shovels wiped me out fast, however, my little scoop I could do all day long! So I did help, one scoop at a time.

    Bottom of root cellar
    Bottom of root cellar

    For the bottom we used an old trailer door and drilled holes in it for the cool air to get through.

    Sand bags
    Sand bags
    Sand bags complete.
    Sand bags complete.

    I filled and he lifted these insanely heavy sandbags into place until it fully lined the hole.

    Homestead Root Cellar
    Homestead Root Cellar

    We used an old desk top for the door. We still need to build a frame for the door once we get the parts from barter or trade for labor 🙂 It is functional as is, but the frame will ensure our critters don’t break open the sandbags.

    Thanks for stopping by!

    We accept donations to feed our management team of critters.

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  • Personal: Meet the family!

    Personal: Meet the family!

    It all began with Barney and Blue.

    Barney and Blue
    Barney and Blue

    Sadly we lost Blue to Parvo 🙁 so our neighbors gave us Clyde, Blues half brother. Barney is the Queen of the castle and very spoiled as she survived the Parvo. Lesson learned, don’t skip any of their shots. Ever.

    Clyde is our Boxsky ( Half Husky, Half Boxer ) He is quite the character!

    Our neighbors had another litter of puppies and we picked out Lil’ Mama

    Then one day Gaitlin ( Proud papa in the center ) showed up and has remained a part of the family ever since. Barney and Gaitlin struck up a romance which resulted in Frekki, Geri, Cujo, and Fabio.

    Moore Homestead
    Moore Homestead

    Then our next lesson in life was…

    Yes, both lil mama and Barney got knocked up at the same time, and had a grand total of 13 puppies on the same day. Thankfully we found homes for 8 of them.

    Our newest members of the family are Harvey, Sandy, Foot, Patch and Wolfie

    We have taken our last 500 bucks and got the girls fixed! No more puppies, the are very cute, but a lot of work! If you can spare some change to help feed our babies!

    https://gofund.me/b8b69e54