Tiny Hilltop

21/09/2023

My Mother, Bodhi, Evan and I had a big harvest and preservation week. Video about it below. It is one of the better ones we have made, in my opinion. Which probably doesn't mean much, the video or opinion haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj7C_2eR4TM

12/07/2023

Evan made a video documenting the progress we have made over the past year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpppY9jAihA

15/05/2023

We continued working on the greenhouse ventilation this week. This video is a little shorter than usual but at least it isn't as good either.

Do you like gardening? Boy, I Do! This video today is about ventilation in the greenhouse. Some people say "oh, you don't need it." But we think that plants ...

03/05/2023

Evan and I built a mobile coop for the chickens and for mobility. (video below).

4'x6' mobile chicken coop with a pitched roof to shed snow and help survive northern winters. -Material List-Lumber- 2"x4"'s & 2"x2"'s are needed. (2"x3"'s w...

20/04/2023

We are continuously working on our compost system.

Spring has sprung in the north! There is lots to be done and not enough time to do it all. My compost design was inefficient and not as effective as it needs...

16/04/2023

Things have been happening.....kinda

Fruit trees have arrived, more are coming behind them, and there is no space. The logging company did not complete the job on time, resulting on the homestea...

26/03/2023

I built a planter box from some off-cuts. Video below if you're bored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42752gMXW4c

06/01/2023

The moment almost none of you knew you were waiting for. Evan and I built a greenhouse in late fall. Video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbdtWblAo2E

13/12/2022

Evan and I plan on getting some sheep and cow. Before we can do that we need to create pasture. We started that process this week. We have plans for all the trees whose lives were lost in the process.

This week marked the start of our forest conversion to pasture. We are thinning some forest to start establishing silvopasture. The trees will be turned in...

06/12/2022

Evan put together a video of everything we built this growing season using logs.

We always try and use materials from our land whenever possible. We cleared trees to make space for the current garden, and used those trees to construct the...

22/11/2022

It is snowing out but Evan and I are still getting produce from our garden... (video link below).

Biggest carrot harvest ever in the snow! A lot of projects have been completed in the first year of this homestead. Some produce is still going strong, and ...

27/10/2022

Evan made a video updating some things we have been working on and our newest addition to the homestead.

Meet Bodhi, the newest member of the homestead. He is an Australian shepherd mix and was rescued from a puppy mill :( Also, there is a general channel update...

30/09/2022

You only live once, but you can insulate your plants twice from the elements. Evan and I built some cold frames to put inside our cattle panel greenhouse. The beginning of an experiment in growing. (video below).

Northern Wisconsin has a short growing season. These cedar cold frames in a cattle panel greenhouse is the latest attempt to extend the growing season. There...

17/09/2022

Built a cold frame using cedar and rigid plastic. Trying to extend our growing season in a lot of ways. Video link below:

https://youtu.be/GRbFxkmLwOg

Cold frame built using cedar boards, rigid plastic, and metal left over from our pole barn build. For weekly Podcasts and meat harvesting content please cons...

08/09/2022

Built a pole barn this summer. Made a little video about it. (Link below).

https://youtu.be/hykWCo2k0Uo

30/08/2022

After binging HGTV Evan and I decided to renovate our greenhouse for more open sight lines and room to entertain. Video link below:
https://youtu.be/rxevEivYP0w

The A-frame self-watering greenhouse needed some improvements. We tore it down, doubled the size, and put everything back together. Now there is a lot more s...

13/08/2022

I had to save some chickens from our neighbor's dog. My brother told the whole story in his latest video. (link below).

https://youtu.be/heSdO1o08hc

04/08/2022

My brother and I built a greenhouse out of cattle panels and the leftover 2 x 4s and metal from our pole barn build. (Video link below).

https://youtu.be/Zr4QoogpMoE