Join me as I revitalize and maintain our home in the suburbs of western NY and also handle the surprises that nature and luck throw my way while managing our 86 acre farm/wildlife property a few hours away. Hopefully my ideas (with a lot of great input from my wife) and lessons learned will inspire you and help make projects less frustrating! Oh yea, watch out for delicious foods of all kinds along the way!

Current homesteadin’ responsibilities:
  • 1 cottage with a breathtaking view on over 80 acres of land, half natural forest with ATV trails and the other half is fields being used for my introduction into food plots (farming for wildlife)
  • 1 suburban home with newly self-built 35ft pond with waterfalls and raised beds for gardening
  • 2 chickens
  • 12 koi
  • 15 tree apple orchard
Upcoming videos:
  • 2023 completed projects
    • Pond
    • High visibly trail signs
    • Pool equipment fence
    • Raised bed gardens
    • New bedrooms in garage
    • Food plots
  • Modern window cornices
  • Smoked and fried chicken wings
  • Hardwood timber farm planning
  • Aquaponics for garden starters (hydroponics with a self-sustaining fish ecosystem providing the nutrients)
  • Spring food plots
  • Raised garden beds – startup and planting
  • Raised garden beds – Irrigation setup Spring startup for pond
Cooking tools you should expect to see:
~ Joule Sous vide ~
~ Traeger Smoker ~
~ Showtime Rotisserie ~
~ Blackstone griddle ~
~ Vacuum sealer ~

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