BlogHide Resteemspapa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 days agoNEW HEIGHTS - VEVOR Telescoping Ladder HelpsThis really helped! This one came at an excellent time. We've reached the part of our outdoor kitchen build where safely working at a high height is necessary. This VEVOR Telescoping…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 3 days agoAre There FRESHWATER DRUM in Lake Bull Shoals?Check out the photo, what's your guess? Lake Bull Shoals is probably our top fishing spot. We enjoy a lot of species of fish from the lake, ranging from smaller panfish to larger fish like bass…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 4 days agoMy Son Had to Take Care of ItHe's doing it! We were looking for the start of the spring sucker spawn. It wasn't quite time yet, but some eager males were getting ready. I was the first to spot one, and even though I took…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 6 days agoCOLD HARDY FRUITS & Channel ShoutoutsThis was pretty cool! It's a random vlog of recent life here, including friends and snow. Big thanks to 3 Feather's Farmstead and Fish or Price Ranch for recent generosity and…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 8 days agoCOLD HARDY POMEGRANATES????They look cold hardy so far! A friend of mine asked me to work on a project with him. He's new enough to the area that he still doesn't have any land, but he knows some of what he wants when he…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 13 days agoPapa-Pepper Plantin' a Paw Paw PatchThis is so exciting! It's taken me way too long to accomplish this. Part of setting up a more self-sufficient lifestyle is to plan for your future. Fruit trees can be a good part of this plan.…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 16 days agoUNTAMED YOUTH: The Next Generation of Hunters Has ArrivedHe's growing and learning! Food from the wild is a preference around here, especially over the grocery store. These Little-Peppers have been gaining some skills and learning various harvesting…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 18 days agoThe REAL ONES Will UnderstandI have to keep at this. It's rough sometimes. It's a blessing sometimes too. Sometimes, it's both. In this video, we make progress. Here is where we are starting 2025. Let's see how far we make…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 23 days agoEATING ONE YEAR OLD MEATWould you eat this? Last year Doc turned 3. On his birthday, he said that he wanted a deer. Red-Pepper shot a nice 8-pointer on his birthday, and since we were starting to experiment with…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 25 days agoNEEDING HELP & Making ProgressProgress can be hard sometimes... We're heading the right direction. Progress is being made and skills developed. Years of expectation are reaching a clearing view of the overall goal and the…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 27 days agoWe Are NEVER Doing This Again, EVER!The VERY LAST Time! I was finally getting my posts in place for the outdoor kitchen, but I had to stop before putting in the two last posts. Those posts are the two nearest my stairwell to the…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 28 days agoCAN BUGGER CATCH A BULLFROG? - EDITED UNDERWATER ARTWORKWhat interesting shots! Some time ago, long before this winter storm weather , I had an idea about creating a children's book called, "Can Bugger Catch a Bullfrog?" The goal was to have an…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthMAJOR PROGRESS on the Homestead!!!This project has taken forever, but it's still progressing. The outdoor kitchen is on the way! After prepping some cedar logs for our posts, it's time to stand them up and attach them to the…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthIngenious Firewood Storage - DUAL PURPOSEI should have been doing this for years! We've been cutting down a lot of trees around here recently, so to store it and keep it dry, I tried to have a brainstorm. In this video, I show off how…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoFINALLY - Just What We Needed, WITHOUT GETTING HURT!Thank God no one got hurt. In order to progress with my storm shelter / root cellar / outdoor kitchen build, I have to remove some trees that would threaten the structure. In order to install a…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months ago7 Year FLASHBACK - Persimmons on the HomesteadMan, time flies! How the time flies! I recently came across this gem from seven years ago and thought it would worth finding the same location and the same Little-Peppers and showing how much…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoSTILL Gardening in NOVEMBER (Ozarks Garden Tour)This is so different from my native Wisconsin. The growing zone here is 6b/7a, and we've only had a light frost or two by early November. That said. plenty of plant production is still underway…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 3 months agoAHH - MAMA Caught a RATTLESNAKE - Episode 9Do not try this at home. Recently, while I was gone at work, some of the Little-Peppers found a Pygmy Rattlesnake on our homestead. Being educated in snake identification, they immediately knew…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 3 months agoGrowing POMEGRANATES in Zones 6 & 7 (Russian 26)We actually have pomegranates growing on our homestead! When we moved to the Ozarks to start our homestead, we had no idea that we could successfully grow pomegranates here. As it turns out…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 3 months agoThree of Us Almost Just DIED!It was so close! This was not good! It was dark, the road was winding and hilly, and the dead end was not marked. A recipe for disaster, and it was almost terminal. Somehow, amazingly, not only…
