Welcome back homesteaders, it's good to see you all for another edition of Homesteading Highlights! I feel elated that I'm actually able to get this one out in a timely fashion. I'm happy to see that even though it's only been two weeks since the last edition, there was still a bountiful selection of quality posts to choose from. If this level of activity keeps up, I just may have to make the Highlights a weekly thing :D
People seemed to really enjoy the new format last time around, so I'm happy to give it another run. Let's see what happened over the last two weeks!
Building, maintenance, and repair
Every homesteader struggles to prevent, replace, and repair the damage that time works on our tools and structures. Here are some of my favorite posts about people doing just that.
@goldenoakfarm shares with us some of the extra chores those of us with snowy winters have to endure.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@goldenoakfarm/whew-november-10-2022-goldenoakfarm
@solominer shows us an innovative way to move some stray round bales of hay around the property.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@solominer/recovering-run-away-hay-bales
@isdarmady posted some pictures of another great hydroponic build.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@isdarmady/the-inspiration-for-using-a-home-rooftop-for-hydroponic-media-from-my-friends-hydroponic-garden
@astrizak shared a lot about his new bees over the last couple weeks, including this post about bringing some light into his beekeeping house, which can be seen in the picture at the top of this section.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@astrizak/electricity-to-the-beekeeping-house
Livestock
We didn't have any piglets for this edition, but our community members still had plenty to share about their animals!
@justfavour gave us that wonderful photo, along with an update on the goats he's been raising.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@justfavour/update-on-my-goat-farm
@gubbatv shared a detailed video about her bees, and their struggle to keep out invaders.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@gubbatv/gcttuvzy
@danokoroafor taught us a great deal about the how and why of raising chickens, in this addition to her Homesteading Protocol series.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@danokoroafor/homesteading-protocol-008-keeping-permaculture-chickens
Planting and Growing
This was the bulk of the posts over the last couple weeks, which makes sense, as it is often the bulk of the work for homesteaders. Here are a few that caught my eye.
@miatiara picked some great pics to share from the life cycle of her lemon trees, in this Hive debut.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@miatiara/so-happy-to-see-lemons-thriving
@danlop shared several great photos of over 2000 seedlings he's gotten started, one of which is at the top of this section.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@danlop/excellent-seed-care-for-next-summer
@miztajovial shared a number of posts about different plants over the last couple weeks, including this very detailed one about some pumpkins.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@miztajovial/telfairia-occidentalis-plants
@ridwanms gave us a post about growing something very important to many of us here in America... coffee.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@ridwanms/preparation-of-coffee-seeds-for
@alvonsohiver informs us about a number of different trees in this post.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@alvonsohiver/utilizing-a-land-area-of
Harvest, Cooking, and Storage
@eminentsam48 gifted us with a remarkably detailed post about harvesting and processing palm kernel oil.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@eminentsam48/a-local-method-of-milling-palm-oil-in-our-home-stead-farm-land
@apunawu shared a post about the work that goes into processing rice, which I used a pic from for this section.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@apunawu/first-stage-of-my-rice-processing-using-mortar-after-harvesting
@snowflakesduke joined our community with this post about growing and harvesting mushrooms.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@snowflakesduke/my-mushroom-first-harvest
Last but never least, @ayomiku talks with us about the benefits of growing and eating guinea corn.
https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@ayomiku/benefits-of-guinea-mostly-in-babys
I hope you've enjoyed these, and all the other posts in our great and growing Homesteading Community! If you have any questions, comments, criticisms, or just ideas you want to share, feel free to make yourself heard in the comments below!
Wow, what great posts from the authors. More growth to the community.
Contributors like you have helped fuel that growth, thank you!
Wow, great and amazing works....thanks for the mention.... it's a motivation
Happy to motivate you, look forward to seeing more!
Thanks for the mention. Another great collection!
Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with them until next year's work season starts!
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