BlogHide Resteemsresteemedph-support (46)inΒ hive-175254Β β’Β 2 years agoCheck out our PASSIVE INCOME / delegation program run by Project.hopeINTRODUCTION In this post, our team will do our best to introduce you to the project.hope delegation program on Steemit. Hopefully we will manage to encourage some of you to join and supportβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ poetryΒ β’Β 3 years agoDON'T YOU?... original poetry by johndoer123JUST MY HEART SPEAKING OUT... Inspired by life, and the true love my grandparents shared for one another. Don't you want to be held on a pedestal?... To be placed as the most cherished thingβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoSIMBA, OUR DΓONADAIR, UPDATESπβπ¦Ί...AND A MASSIVE SOLAR MILESTONE!!!βοΈA WEEKLY JOURNAL... Do you love puppy pictures? Well if so you're in for a heck of a treat! Each week I will be doing an update post on the growth of our homesteads new protector, Simba. To startβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoSIMBA BARKING, THE SHED GETS ELECTRIC, BLOODROOT IS BLOOMING, WE GET A WATER CULVERT, AND RANDOM SIMBA PICTURESLOTS OF AWESOMENESS GOING DOWN ON THE HOMESTEAD!!π We will start with the cutest video ever! This is Simba, barking. We received him when he was 5 weeks old as the mama had turned violent towardβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoTUATHANUS DΓONADAIR, SIMBA(THE HOMESTEAD'S PROTECTOR, SIMBA) Just marking this special occasion! He may be small now, but already he thinks he is a ferocious killer!π We love his attitude and playfulness!! I will keepβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoA BADASS SOLAR ARRAY UPGRADEβοΈTHE ONLY WAY TO GO Two years ago when I started building the homestead one of my first purchases was the items needed to assemble a solar power array. At that time lead acid batteries wereβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ anniversaryΒ β’Β 3 years ago4th anniversary on SteemToday is my fourth anniversary. It has been an amazing adventure. Too tired to post much more than this but I definitely wanted to make a post to Mark the occasion.johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoGARDEN UPDATES, MORE PREPPING, AND EVAN SPLITTING WOODTHIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL GARDEN After the blatant failure of a garden last year, I am coming back this year in full force determined to make sure that it happens this year. *Babyβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoA NEW FAMILY MEMBER IS COMING!WE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG WHILE FOR THIS Over a year at least, for these puppies to come around. And now that they are here, we are so excited! ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD While we have notβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoSTARTING ON THE STONE HOUSE!!!!π₯³π₯³πAN AMAZING TIME!!! As those of you who are following us know, we currently live in a small cabin. The cabins purpose was always just to get us out of the city and into the woods so that I couldβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoWINTER HOMESTEAD UPDATES AND PICTURE EXTRAVAGANZA π!!!!WHAT TO DO IN THE WINTER AT THE HOMESTEAD... Well to start off, we still have to do all of our regular chores. Including tending to the animals, ensuring the water supply is adequate now, notβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ nftΒ β’Β 3 years agoWANNA GET PAID TO COLLECT AN EXCLUSIVE HOMESTEAD NFT MINTED BY ME?BUBBLEHOUSE NFTs AND THE HOMESTEAD NFT MINTING HAS BEGAN ON BUBBLEHOUSE!!! Recently an amazing company has made it possible to collect and sell NFTs using just a standard credit or debitβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoSOME COLD WEATHER UPDATESπ₯ΆβοΈβοΈSINGLE DIGIT DEIGHTS It's been hitting near 0 degrees Fahrenheit(-18 degrees Celsius) here and so far all is going really well. Keeping up on splitting firewood keeps me busy by itself. We areβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ vacationΒ β’Β 3 years agoTHE TRIP TO CHICAGOπTHE TRIP NORTH After being treated poorly by his family, Evan decided not to surround himself with FAKE family and wanted to go see his mom in Chicago instead...so away we went. It was about a 5β¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoOLD MAN WINTER ARRIVES, AND BRINGS THE COLD-AND WE ARE AS READY AS CAN BETEMPERATURE DROPPING!!! The last couple days have been the first times this year we have went well below freezing. In my last post I mentioned having the water line buried. It appears so far thatβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoA DEATH IN THE FAMILY, TWO LOSES ON THE HOMESTEAD, THE TRENCH IS FINISHED AND OUR WATER LINE BURIEDUNCLE MIKE My father's brother Mike died this past week. He had been sick for quite some time and his passing was not unexpected. My dad and mom had been taking care of him for the extent of hisβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoTHE SMOKING TOILETπ½, THE GREAT CHICKEN INVASIONπ, THE TWO TONGUED BOOTπ₯Ύ, NEW FAMILY MEMBERπΆπ, AND A HAPPY DOG πΆπΆ///π€£ππ€£ππ€£FUN TIMES ON THE HOMESTEAD!!!π THE FUNNIEST THING ON THE HOMESTEAD IN A WHILE... The other day Evan told me I needed to check the toilet because it was smoking! *Yes....That is what Iβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ dedicationΒ β’Β 3 years agoTO ABIGAIL, MY SWEET TURKEY...ON YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY I want to take of break from my homestead adventures to let you know a few things... I LOVE YOU Yeah, I know it's probably an obvious one, but it's always nice to hearβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoTRENCHING AT THE HOMESTEAD...MANUAL LABOR AT IT'S BESTπͺπͺπI BROKE THE TRENCHING MACHINE As I had mentioned in a previous blog, I managed to break the only mechanical trencher I know of in the area. So I broke out the old fashioned trenching devicesβ¦johndoer123 (65)inΒ homesteadΒ β’Β 3 years agoHIDE TANNING, RATTLESNAKES, EDIBLE FALL MUSHROOMS, AND TRENCH DIGGING.... HOMESTEAD UPDATES... because I'm behind on thatπ€π€πDEER SEASONS IN ANd while some may throw away the deers hides,this year I am in high gear attempting to tan the ones I have. One is done, one is mostly done, and yet another I still have to begin.β¦