Homesteading – Hallie Dantzler

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Being A Shy Beek

Hey friends! I wanted to take a few minutes to chat about one of my newer hobbies that pushes me to my limits some days… beekeeping! I always get asked tons of questions about being a beak but the most common is: “Does it hurt to get stung?” Haha! I’ll take this stringer of aContinue reading “Being A Shy Beek”

7 Things I wish We Knew Before Renovating Our Bathroom

This is a comical topic to me… I wish I would have written it about a year ago and then listened to my own advice. In 2017 or 2018 we had a wall behind tile start collapse in own main bathroom. Big YIKES! I had leaned on the wall a little too hard and brokeContinue reading “7 Things I wish We Knew Before Renovating Our Bathroom”

Prepping The Homestead For A Sitter

This one is highly requested! How do we travel so much but also have the homestead running all the time? It’s not like we can pack the chickens, ducks, and bees a suitcase and toss them in the car with the dogs… I mean literally, we could. Realistically, we can’t… That would be ridiculous! InsteadContinue reading “Prepping The Homestead For A Sitter”

Why are we counting eggs everyday?

If you’ve ever been to our before while in laying season you’ve noticed our kitchen counter fills up with eggs. There are a lot of piles all over the place until they are each addressed, haha! You might be thinking, well this is probably common since fresh eggs can be kept on the counter forContinue reading “Why are we counting eggs everyday?”

Gettin’ Dirty With It

One of the keys to building a homestead is that nothing, and I mean NOTHING, stays clean after the 5 minutes you spent cleaning it. Between all the animals and activities there is constantly dirt flying around and landing on everything. Often times all you see on Facebook and Instagram are the pristine, staged, whiteContinue reading “Gettin’ Dirty With It”

Fre Shavocado

I know what you are thinking…. What in the actual heck is that word?!? If you are old enough and cool enough to have watched the “fre shavocado” Vine then please carry on. Even if you are not old enough or cool enough but want to learn about how I am growing my avocado trees,Continue reading “Fre Shavocado”

Can my flock eat that?!? This?!?

This may be a little off my usual path but seeing that this page is designed around being as informative and helpful as I possibly can, I think it belongs here. I love having my chickens and ducks to help break down my compost by aerating it and picking through. They often eat some ofContinue reading “Can my flock eat that?!? This?!?”