BlogHide Resteemsrandomstuff (51)in animals • 6 years agoThe Strangest Place to Find TadpolesWho would have guessed that frogs would get in our water toats and lay their egg in there? Every time I go to fill up a five gallon bucket with water to water the plants at least 5-10 tadpoles come…randomstuff (51)in steemit • 6 years agoA Year on Steemit!!!!To be honest with you I forget what part of June I joined Steemit last year but it is close enough to call it a year. I just want to say thanks to you guys who are following me. I have had a great…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 6 years agoA Bad Year for Venomous CreaturesWe have had a bunch of venomous animals this year like several copperheads a cottonmouth and some black widows. This is what you would expect where we live but in the five years we have lived here…randomstuff (51)in life • 7 years agoPreserving A Cottonmouth SnakeWe found this guy in our yard by all the berry bushes. No idea what he was doing down there since these are water snakes. After killing him and letting him flop around for a couple hours it was time…randomstuff (51)in animals • 7 years ago100 New Meat Chicks Came Today.Last night we went out and picked up 100 Cornish Cross Chicks from one of our friends who raise them for a living. We did these last year as well and we got almost five pounds of meat per bird.…randomstuff (51)in animals • 7 years agoNew Calf on the HomesteadHere are a few pictures of a calf that was born about 10 days ago right after we got home from the Bakes Creek Festival. I have been meaning to post these pictures sooner but we have been busy and…randomstuff (51)in food • 7 years agoWe Found a Coconut in Texas???So we really didn't get the coconut off of a tree we found down here but we did find it on the beach last night when we were walking around looking for crabs (we didn't find any:( . We decided to…randomstuff (51)in fishing • 7 years agoOcean Fishing for RedfishWe have been at the beach for the last couple of days and today we decided to go out on a pier and try to catch some fish. So far we got one redfish that was just over 20" long . We are going…randomstuff (51)in vacation • 7 years agoAt the BeachRight now we are on a family vacation south of Houston TX at the beach. Here is a short video that I took of some mussels digging back down into the sand after we dug them up. Thanks for…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoThe Baby Turkeys are HatchingHere is a few pics of our new baby turkeys that just hatched today. I set them up a brooder in the shop with a 250W red light bulb to heat them and I put there food and water up on blocks of wood so…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoStrange BugsA couple of days ago we had chicks hatch and we threw the shells in the garden. Tonight I went out to dump some more shells and when I dumped them on the pile about ten beetles came out of the pile…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoWhy Haven't We Been Cutting our Grass?????It is May 8th almost halfway through the year and we still hadn't cut our grass yet. There are two main reasons for doing this #1 is that we have around 5 bee hives on the property and they love the…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoThe Bakers Creek FestivalThe Bakers creek festival was this weekend (Sunday-Monday) and we got back last night at about midnight. It was a great experience and I would recommend that you go there next year. There was tons…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoThe Deck is Almost Done!About a week ago my dad, @shalomacres did a post saying that I was replacing the deck and you can read that here. Since then I have had several friends come over and help me work on the deck and…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoThe Chicks are HereYesterday all of the chicks hatched in the incubator and today we had to get them a box set up. They aren't going to be here long since tomorrow we are going to @mountainmamma and her families house…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoThe Elderberry BushesHere are a couple of pictures of our elderberry bushes. This year we are expecting two to three times the amount we got last year. Last year we were able to make 6 gallons of wine and a gallon jar…randomstuff (51)in life • 7 years agoPictures From Homes That Were Destoyed by Hurricane HarveySo about 2 months ago I posted saying that we were going down to Houston to help people whose homes were destroyed. I have been meaning to do a follow up post on that since we got back on March 21…randomstuff (51)in animals • 7 years agoThe Toads are Back.Every year about this time our small pond in the backyard fills up with toads and frogs that are croaking most of the day and all night. I just thought that I would take some pictures of them and do…randomstuff (51)in homesteading • 7 years agoThe Ladybug Army is Leaving??????Around the end of October we had an infestation of ladybugs (AKA Asian Beetles). Since then I have been finding them and sucking them up with the vacuum. Today it is about 75F and they ALL came out…randomstuff (51)in animals • 7 years agoThe Little FishToday I went down to the pond to look around an then I remembered my fish trap that I had set several days ago so I decided to check and see if I caught anything. Rachel was with me and she was…
