If you have never had Moose meat you are missing out on something great, In “The Maine Woods”, Henry David Thoreau described its taste as, “like tender beef, with perhaps more flavor; sometimes like veal”. That is as close as a description of it as I will try. Moose meat is one of our family [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Day to Day stuff’ Category
Categories: Cooking, Day to Day stuff, Homesteading, Maine Wildlife
I got an email from one of our first followers asking about the red wiggler worms. The worms are doing great. I read all about what needs to be done to take care of worms but I still made a bunch of rookie mistakes. I put too much food in too soon before the colony [ Read More ]
Categories: Composting, Day to Day stuff, Homesteading
The title pretty much says it all. I absolutely hate moving with every ounce of my being. I really need to help out on fixing up the house we were renting from my father but this move will never end. I am sore tired, grumpy and there is never enough time in the day to [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff
Sorry about the break in posting. Since the 25th all we have really done is move and work on getting our old house ready to be sold. It’s taken a lot longer than I was hoping it would take but with Andrea having a hurt shoulder she is not able to lift a lot. Boxes [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff
So far we have found at least 7 apple trees on the property. Weldon is excited that he has one of the trees right outside his window so each day he will be able to look and watch them grow. He wants to put up a tent and wait under the apple tree so as [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff, Homesteading, Uncategorized
Worms arrived on Thursday June 24th in the afternoon. It took a day longer than it was supposed to and upon arrival there were a lot less worms than were advertised. It was supposed to be 2 lbs of worms if there was ¾ of a lb I was lucky. So far the worms are [ Read More ]
Categories: Composting, Day to Day stuff, Homesteading
It is official, we are now the proud owners of a 2600 square foot farm house built in 1908 on 9.6 acres of land. The closing itself only took 36 minutes. We signed our paperwork, picked up the boys and went to the new homestead. It has a majestic Maine beauty that is indescribable. Internet [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff
I’ve been going to the new homestead almost every day for the past week. Either a short trip with the boys to explore the woods or mow some of the piles of grass I should just rake up. Not going inside the house because it isn’t ours yet. Today I forgot to bring the camera [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff, Husqvarna LGT-2554, Maine Wildlife
It took me all of 30 seconds to confirm what I already knew, I needed a riding lawn mower if I am going to mow our new property. After a little over 3 hours mowing with my friends mower the belt broke. This put the ball in motion that landed me with a brand new mower [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff, Husqvarna LGT-2554
I only had an hour before I had to be at work, but it was a relaxing hour on an overcast day in Northern Maine mowing the lawn. I realize a lot more now that the 10 acres is a lot of land to mow. The part that I have to mow is probably only [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff
