Posts belonging to Category 'homestead'

Rattlesnakes – Small Homestead Predators for Any Size Prey

Calendar March 23, 2010 | Posted by Clair Schwan

Yana, one of our readers expressed an interest in rattlesnakes and how to deal with them, so here are some insight about those slithery creatures. To be sure, they can be a problem for the homesteader, but they’re also relatively easy to deal with. The key to success when you’re in snake country is being [...]

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Doing What’s Necessary – Outhouses

Calendar September 22, 2009 | Posted by Mark Z

We’re often asked an indelicate question: “How do you . . . um . . .?” Which obviously translates to “Where do you go?” Here on the homestead we deal with human waste with pit and composting outhouses. Both our outhouses, for the main house and the guest/boat house, were pit-style when we moved here. [...]

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