The “almost famous” weekly preps series, where Tara Dodrill shares her latest prepping and homesteading progress with the Pack, and with anyone else who wants to be inspired on his or her homesteading journey.
Hello Pack. We have been soaking up a lot of sunshine this week, since the rain that felt like it was never going to end after months of living on a mud farm. For most of the week here, it has been sunny and 81 or hotter. If the forecast for next week is accurate, we will be spending the…
Hello Pack. I hope you all have been enjoying some great spring weather like we have this week. The weather guy was wrong again, and we did not have horrible bouts of rain all week. My sore body and aching muscles are a result of all the decent weather we finally had in my neck of the woods – but…
Hello Pack. True spring weather has finally arrived in our part of Ohio. There is no guarantee it will last long, but I’m going to make the most of it while it does. Usually we do not trust the weather not to throw down one last hard frost until Memorial Day, but we went ahead and did more planting this…
Hello Pack, hope you all have had a productive week of prepping and stayed healthy and safe. The weather in my part of Ohio was three seasons rolled into one. Ohio weather is always crazy but this is getting ridiculous. We had one day of summer, a few of spring, and then witner reappeared. I am beyond tired of covering…
Hello Pack, I hope everyone is well – and Thor1 has been heard from. It does not take long for the absence of any follower of this column to be felt, that is for sure. Folks looking out for one another, in my mind, is what prepping really is all about. One of my prepping mentors, Survivor Jane, likes to…
Hello, fellow preppers. I hope you have also had a productive week prepping. Here on our survival homestead we got a lot done both inside and out. Our spring gardening plans are moving along nicely. One cold snap threatened our fruit grove, but we covered all of the trees and bushes, and they appear to have gotten through the night…
Hello Pack. It has been an exciting and productive week here on our survival homestead. There are many downsides to having a lack of work because of the ongoing disaster, but that does leave more time for on the farm work that ramps up this time of year anyway. Thanks to the extra time off and good weather, we did…
Hello Pack. I hope you all are surviving the pandemic just fine. My life has really not changed at all. I work from home, prefer to spend as close to 100% of the time on our farm after years of running to coaching and community commitments for decades, and the three brick and mortar businesses I frequent (Dollar General, Tractor…
Hello Pack, hope everyone is healthy and busy prepping. Now that spring is finally here it is time to really get cracking on all those projects we have been daydreaming about doing all winter. I cannot hardly wait to get the gardening season fully underway. In addition to our standard crops this year we are going to be planting food…
Hello Pack, hope y’all have had a highly productive week of prepping. The warming weather has our flock of poultry birds back in nearly top egg production mode already. In a single day my duck hens laid a dozen eggs, and the sole Buckeye chicken breed hen chipped in with five nice quality medium brown eggs. I got out my…