Tanya and Extra
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here’s a quick update from the homestead. Enjoy!
We’re back! After a number of web site issues because of a malware attack, the site has been rebuilt. Here’s a unique episode recorded while I milked the cow. The frequency of future podcasts will be changing to every other week or sometimes monthly, as homesteading and life demands focus my attention elsewhere. But fear not, our journey continues, and we’ll keep you posted on the high and low points.
Note: I will most likely be doing much more frequent updates via short video clips on our Stumbling Homestead YouTube channel, so please subscribe if you’re interested.
Join us this week for homestead updates, including:
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Barefoot Books Giveaway: We have a winner. Congratulations Daniel!
This week it was a pleasure to interview Leah Lesser, mom, and Group Communications Director for Barefoot Books. Barefoot books is a grass-roots mom-founded publishing company that provides childrens books, audio, and video content with a consistent high quality. In addition, many of the stories, like The Beeman and Kids’ Garden, teach children direct homesteading skills. If you’re like me, and always searching for good content to read to your children, Barefoot Books is a great resource. Join us as we discuss:
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Group Communication
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Logical Fallicies (some of my own, but much of this taken from the Skeptoid episodes):
Two main categories:
1) Unrelated points to discredit argument:
2) Faulty inference or reasoning (considers facts, but jumps to faulty conclusions)
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Here’s some pictures and video of my new hoop house chicken tractor. I tried to make it as light as possible this time, and it’s roughly the same weight as my smaller A-frame model, but has more than twice the ground footprint. The A-frame could fit inside the covered area of the new tractor. This tractor has a footprint of 8′x10′, with 4′x8′ being covered and 6′x8′ being uncovered (netting only.)
The improvements over the last model:
Feeder inside the covered area (no rain leakage to worry about)
Lighter construction (but there is a tradeoff for sturdiness)
As I said, it’s roughly the same weight as the smaller one, but a little more awkward to move because the of the greater size and slight flexion. Still, I prefer to have all 8 chickens in one unit, and I’ve figured out how to shuffle this one daily. I also built it so that a dolly can be inserted between the nest boxes on the heavy end when needed.
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