I think everyone can unanimously breathe deeply and trust that 2021 can only be better than 2020. At least that’s our agenda. We have another month or two to finalize decisions on new capital expenditure projects (fancy lingo for a large storage shed and a new winter chicken shelter). A high tunnel is waiting to […]
Happy Holidays!
Not so sure these will be the “happiest” holidays as many folks deal with covid and its restrictions. Homer has a small population of some 5,000 year round locals which has probably helped mitigate the effects of the virus here. We feel for communities in lockdown hotspots like NY, CA, and the UK. Updates Yeti […]
Alternative Power
We like to think that we are mostly off grid. Our primary heat is oil and we have a tank that when full will last about a year. We have our own well water. Electric is our one dependency. There was a storm a week ago that knocked out power for several hours. Our oil […]
Winter Chicken Talk
Winter is here! We have waist high snow and nice cozy 20’s temps. Good fun for us humans who like to ride studded fat tire bikes and cross country ski. Not so much fun for chickens. Our flock that we picked up this past summer are still getting used to the snow and ice. We […]
Sit’n Around in Homer
Everything has slowed down in Homer. Don’t get us wrong… we don’t mind the peace and tranquility at all. We still head down to the Spit for daily dog runs. It is kind of nice having much of it to ourselves but yesterday there was some action. One of the big state ferries was docked […]
AK & Homer Geography 101
One of our favorite states is Montana. If you have ever been there, you know exactly what the cliche “Big Sky” means. Alaska takes the concept of big to a whole new dimension. There is a friendly bone of contention between Texas and Alaska over state size. There is no denying that Texans and their […]
Farm Pontification
The Urban Dictionary says pontification means “The act of speaking out for the purpose of hearing oneself speak”. Since we really don’t have anything urgent to talk about, I guess we are simply pontificating. There’s nothing urgent because it is finally below freezing with a light dusting of snow to start our November. All farm […]
Off Season in Homer
Winter is almost here. We should be below freezing next week. The Spit crowds have left. Camping areas are mostly empty with only a random RV. Spit shops have shut down and been boarded up. There are rumors that Raven Air might resume operations out of Homer but for now it is a 4 to […]
Polyface Designs Book
This is a plug for Joel Salatin’s new book which Justin Rhodes is helping to market. We make nothing from this but are big fans of both Joel and Justin. Here is a link to Justin’s site which is promoting the book with a special through the weekend. There are three purchase deals for $79, […]
Chicken Mondo Condo
Ok, condo might be a stretch. We took delivery of a 100′ high tunnel which we decided to hold off on constructing until spring. With winter closing in, we needed somewhere else to put our flock of 14 birds. After our month long rainy season, we needed something quick. We ran into a simple 12′ […]