Turtle Rock Farm
Our misadventures into homesteading
Tag: homesteading
We’re back!
I know I’ve said this before, but Holy cow does time fly! I cant believe it’s been months since I was on here last. Let’s get right to it, shall we? There’s a lot to tell you! In February or so we sent the last two pigs to freezer camp. We had a polar vortex …
Time flies when you’re having fun…
Once again it’s been entirely too long since I’ve sat down to do this. So much has gone on, I’m really not sure where to start. Well, let’s get to it. Fall has come and gone, and winter is officially here now. We have gotten so much done around the farm and yet there still …
One bad day…
It’s a beautiful September day here on the farm. The temperature is perfect, it’s not too hot, but not cold either. Fall is definitely in the air! With fall comes the processing of animals that we’ve raised this year. The first ones we’ll butcher are the cornish cross chickens. Their sole purpose in life is …
Just another day on the farm.
Well it happened again… I looked out the window and there were new goats out there. Weird, I wonder how they got there? Haha, that’s not really how it happened, but I did get new goats. I’m sure that really doesn’t surprise anyone. They are the last ones that we are getting….this year. Now for …
I have a problem…
Time sure does fly on the farm especially when you’re busy! I cant believe July is almost over with already! Pretty soon it will be fall! I need to to be honest here….I have a goat problem…as in I keep buying more and more 🤣 I don’t have as many as a lot of folks …
Part 2…Update on Bacon
It’s been 48 hours since we noticed that one of the pigs, Amy’s pig Bacon to be exact, was not acting herself. In fact, she was downright well, down. She was just laying in her house, only coming out to drink and go to the bathroom and then back to her house. It was very …
When critters get sick…
One of the things that I try to always do when interacting with our animals is to just sit and watch them. I usually try to take about 10 minutes or so per pen. Sometimes they act so ridiculous, I tend to get immense comedic relief. It makes it feel worth it with all of …
Summertime
School is officially out for the summer (Yay!!) Not that much has changed around here other than not doing schoolwork. Oh and it’s been getting hot, miserably hot. Unfortunately for us, our pool liner broke last year and they are as rare as hens teeth right now thanks to covid 19. Here’s hoping that one …
Chicken Tending
Do you ever have intentions of getting around to doing something but it keeps getting put off again and again? That’s unfortunately what I did with the chicken coop. I’ve had straw for a while now, sitting in front of the coop door to help give me incentive to get it done. Or maybe deep …
Where to start…
Wow it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I didn’t mean to let time get away from me like that. To say we’ve been busy is such an understatement. I’ll guess I’ll just get right to it! Ok so, our good buddy from Missouri came up a couple of weeks back and stayed the weekend with us. …
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