Modern Day Pioneers (Living Life While Saving, While Serving)
Living Life While Saving, While Serving
Wow! It has been a year since our last MDP update. I guess it becomes pretty difficult to keep this site updated when you remove Internet from your world. We decided to challenge ourselves and see if we could survive without Internet to our homestead. I am here to tell you that we all made … Continue reading Happy Spring!! Take Two
Happy Spring!! After a typically cold winter (Note: it is always too cold for me), we at the Modern Day Pioneer homestead have finally had a taste of spring. The high has been over 40 degrees for five days! Here is what’s been going on in the homestead over the long winter: MICE!!! Icky little … Continue reading Happy Spring!!
I quite like candles. Something about the small flame makes me feel warm and calm. I used to buy 4 per month from a store in town. Any scent that wasn’t food was fair game. However, during my research into environmental allergens, I discovered that paraffin wax is actually hard on the immune system when … Continue reading Beeswax, Tallow and Candles
The Monday before Veteran’s Day, Mr. MDP was home. The Little Pioneers and I always have difficulty concentrating on school when he is here, so I decided that we all get a four day weekend. So, with the first sleet/snow of the season and the wood stove fired up, I thought it would be good to … Continue reading Applesauce and Water
As you have probably assumed, by reading our previous posts, sometimes we take on jobs that would seem out of the ordinary and sometimes overwhelming. The latest project, though not foreseen as being a concern, could be considered one of those that got out of hand. To give you a little back-story, or original water … Continue reading Water Heater Havoc
Here is the picture heavy update of the chicken coop. We had to break from our current ‘free supplies’ streak to buy some insulation. Protecting the birdlets from our harsh South Dakota winters is a priority. It also means that we are getting quite close to moving the stinky little cuties out of the … Continue reading Coop Update
In our effort to be good stewards, of our money, our time, our family, our earth, there inevitably comes a time when the right thing to do is also the hard thing to do. A time comes when you have considered, weighed, prayed and researched and there doesn’t seem to be another way. You just … Continue reading Stewards in the Storm
They’re here! The Coop is still not ready, however they’ll need to be in the brooder for a few weeks, which means, in the kitchen for a few weeks. There are 25 little peepers. No losses so far. (Thank you, God.) There is one obnoxious one, that has been named Turd-Bucket or Jerk-Face or Little-Poop, … Continue reading Chicken Update
About 3 weeks ago my sister announced that she was ordering straight run Speckled Sussex chicks for spring laying. Speckled Sussex are my favorite chicken. Gorgeous plumage, pleasant disposition, consistent layers and heavy build so you can eat the roosters. I greened up with envy while rejoicing that she was going to be producing eggs again. Then, … Continue reading Chicken Plans
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