Meadow & Hearth Homestead

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. 🦌

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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