25/01/2024
Buck tracks. We caught him on the trail cam. He looks to be about 2 years old. He *loves* the mineral lick we put out. 🦌
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Two lovebirds homesteading and hunting on 60 acres in northern Maine. Join us on YouTube!
24/01/2024
I baked a butternut squash pie with squash I grew myself. When I tell you this pie is good enough to make your eyes roll back in your head… There is absolutely nothing like food you grow yourself. Now I just need to work on producing the eggs and milk myself too! 😅
23/01/2024
Dusk is dead silent here except for the occasional chattering chickadee. After dark, deer start rustling around in the woods. I always wonder what they think of our tent. 🪵
22/01/2024
Spotted these two girls crossing a back road on our way to the general store. 🦌
21/01/2024
We checked on the mineral licks we put out a few weeks ago, and the amount of deer here is insane. There’s a buck creating a trench in the snow from all the walking he’s doing to the mineral lick. And what a beautiful day to channel the Benoit brothers. This was my favorite lighting we came across. The low winter sun through the young growth forest is gorgeous. 🦌
20/01/2024
It’s 10°F outside and 90°F in the tent. The snow is falling quietly, and the wood stove is crackling. ❤️
20/01/2024
Thank you Alan at Wilderness Hangout for showing us around your homestead today! It’s always great to see what other homesteaders have built because we are so early in the process.
19/01/2024
Cooking goulash for dinner. ❤️
18/01/2024
Our little stretch of creek has me longing for summer, which seems so far away. But if you can get through January and February in New England, you can get through anything. For now, let’s enjoy every minute of existence with no mosquitos or ticks. ❄️
17/01/2024
We’re heading to our land to do some hot tent camping this weekend. Weather forecast says it’s supposed to be 0°F at night. Glad we have a lot of thermal gear and kiln dried wood. Really looking forward to checking the trail cams and mineral licks for activity. The snow makes tracking so much easier. 🐾
16/01/2024
“Before colonization, Wabanaki foodways included fishing, gathering, growing, hunting, preserving, and trading food to ensure a year-round abundance. The resulting diet was healthy and diverse. My ancestors cultivated corn, beans, squash, and tubers like potatoes and sunchokes. They harvested wild vegetables including fiddleheads, dandelions, and seaweed. They gathered black chokeberries, nannyberries, serviceberries, elderberries, and strawberries. American chestnuts, black walnuts, acorns, and wild rice were staples.”
Wabanaki Lessons on Gathering Wild Edibles
16/01/2024
50+ year old logging trail. You can still see the path through the woods. The land is just now starting to regenerate.
15/01/2024
New video! Link in comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
14/01/2024
14/01/2024
Come with us for the second half of exploring our land in as we hike through dense woods and across the wetland drop ice to reach the other side of our property for the first time ever. Then we discover the magic of Marden’s, track animal prints through the snow, and set out mineral licks and trail cams. Hopefully we can get an idea of what we’re looking at for hunting season.
Come with us for the second half of our outdoor adventure as we hike through dense winter woods and across the wetland drop ice to reach the other side of ou...
14/01/2024
It’s happening. 😃😃😃😃😃
12/01/2024
War time gardening and homesteading posters. It’s crazy to consider how the US government has done a complete 180 and now discourages self sufficiency. We’re fighting a different war now, and “over there” is no longer a physical location, but every garden is still a munitions plant.
11/01/2024
What’s your favorite homesteading tool? Mine is definitely my Opinel knife.
10/01/2024
This is the outlet for the beaver pond upstream. We wanted to walk up further to look for beaver tracks, but the ice couldn’t hold us. It’s unusual for this time of year in Maine. In past years, we would have been ice fishing already. 🦫
09/01/2024
The wind storm a few weeks ago felled a lot of older trees on our land, and we did some tracking in the snow. The downed trees are serving as funnels for wildlife traffic—especially deer. We found a few choke points and put up trail cams and mineral licks. Excited to see if we catch anything. 🦌
08/01/2024
Good morning! We just scheduled appointments to have our fingerprints taken for Maine Guide licensure! Next is completing CPR certification. 😊
07/01/2024
The high water mark in our wetland is pretty daunting. We’re definitely going to need some watercraft to hunt and fish. 🦆🎣🦫
06/01/2024
Come with us on our second trip to Maine since buying property. We go to an Amish general store, meet a new friend, stay with an outfitter, and start navigating challenging terrain to reach the back half of our land for the first time!
Come with us on our second trip up to Maine since purchasing property! We meet a new friend, visit an Amish general store, stay with an outfitter, and begin ...
06/01/2024
New video is up! Link in the comments
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It’s hard to make a living. ❄️ #January #penobscot #maine #winter #outdoors
Penobscot words for Maine’s wildlife 🫎
We finally closed on our 60 acres in northern Maine and spent a night there to get to know the land and figure out our next steps. We found the old drilled well, found some stuff to clean up, and started talking cabin plans! Our winter camping setup is almost complete, and we plan to go back up in February with a hot tent! Would love for you all to follow us on our journey and share your wisdom along the way. 🪵🪶🦌
This is CRAZY. The things you see while deer #hunting … 🏹#outdoors #geese #winter #deerseason
This is CRAZY. I’ve never seen this many geese flying together before. The things you see while deer hunting in upstate NY… #outdoors #huntingseason #wildlife
Saw two deer today across the pond. Probably two does. If visibility had been better, may have taken a shot, but hoping for a better day in the stand tomorrow. #deerhunting
Don’t let anyone tell you that you need acreage to connect with nature. ❤️ #wildlife #homesteading #nature
We headed south to the mid-Atlantic to visit Eric’s family for Thanksgiving, but we’re planning a long weekend in Maine in December. We’re going to meet new homesteader friends and try to track the moose leaving prints all over the place. Expect more homestead updates and videos around new years. ☺️
Guess I’m not tagging a deer today… couldn’t get the camera recording in time to catch the buck, but did get the dogs. This was in NY state on private land. These dogs belong to the neighbors. It’s illegal for dogs to run deer unaccompanied, and such dogs can be dispatched by state officers. It’s a shame the neighbors are putting their dogs at risk like this. 🦌 #deercamp #deerhunting #deerseason #huntingseason #hunting
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