12 hours ago by wvhomesteader

Here at the Homestead, for feeding the chickens, I use store bought Laying Mash mixed in equal parts to cracked corn. The chickens do great, and by mixing with the corn, it cuts down on feed costs. I learned this about 6 months after I first started raising chickens. They do great, and it costs less ...

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15 hours ago by wvhomesteader

I have never built anything in my life until I began to Homestead. I have found it quite interesting although. It takes some time and planning to get it to be the way you actually want/need it. For my building posts, I never went to Lowes/Home Depot or places like that. I got out my chainsaw, and on ...

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17 hours ago by wvhomesteader

My first choice of animals here at the WV Homestead, was a Heritage Breed Chicken. I choose the Rhode Island Reds. They were choosen because of their dual-purpose. I enjoy having the meat & egg combo. I now have several more breeds of chickens. The last count it was like 70 different breeds. I also ...

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1 day ago by wvhomesteader

I was ask this question the other day. A homestead can be many different things, it all has to do with what your able to do & how much you want to do. To me a homestead, including my own, is living to the best of our ability, to become as self sustaining as one can within their means. Living off the ...

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4 days ago by Angel

Single People are as healthy as married Have you been in a situation to prove that you are just as well adjusted as your married friends? New studies find single folks are as healthy and happy as those married ones, m arriage does not necessarily has healthy happy affect on us. 96 million U.S. adult ...

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7 days ago by r0dman

I’ve been reading “ The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich” by Tim Ferriss lately. It’s the first time that I have read a book that always says “you’re not going to believe this” or “you’re going to think I’m crazy for saying this”, and never actually thinking it. It’ ...

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9 days ago by niko

The Robinson Crusoe created by Daniel Defoe is a tale about sin, God’s chastisement, and repentance. I have altered this book to be a tale of the will and the affirmation of the self through the struggle against indifferent forces of nature. This new piece I have renamed Superman Crusoe. Its namesak ...

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10 days ago by Sherri

I thought this was an interesting article that I wanted to share with all of my single friends. I agree that being single made me more self-reliant. If you can identify with this article in some way, let me know. HealthDay article by Kathleen Doheny SATURDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) — Pity the poor ...

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14 days ago by TonyPiazza

Articles to help you stay Informed In December 2012 mankind will be in its greatest peril from our local sun. At this time of the planetary alignments CMEs or coronal mass ejections from the sun will be aimed directly at the Earth and the shading effect of the planets will funnel the CMEs directly t ...

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17 days ago by matt

Picture is from the Wikimedia Commons The web site Power and Energy recently featured a story on Samso, a little green island paradise in Denmark that completely self-sufficient and sustainable. Not only is this island self-sufficient, it generates profit by merely existing. This is bittersweet. Bit ...

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