Repurposing old materials in the herb garden

Building a wood milking stanchion for our cow

New babies, farm life just got a lot simpler!

Making old fashioned siding from our sawmill lumber!

Moving the feeder pigs to their new pen

Almost done! Building the boar breeding pen

Mulching blueberries and making lumber on the sawmill!

Installing some 155w LED Cinoton lights in the workshop

Moving the cows to new grass, almost out of hay! 

Finishing the new sow farrowing pens, moving a water line.

Maynard baby #13 gender reveal!

Expanding our pig breeding facilities

Building a wooden cow feeder, moving the cows to new pasture.

Barn workshop progress, new piglets, painting the board fence.

Maynard Family Homestead Channel Trailer 2024

Powering our off grid milking parlor with the AllPowers S700 solar inverter!

Lots of exciting things happening on the farm!!

Woodyard cleanup, building a pig drinker

Saying goodbye to our donkeys, teaching the boys to split firewood.

Winter storm damage, spreading manure on the hay field

Feeding animals, new addition, wrestling donkeys!

Our piglets are moving to a SHOCKING new home.

Farm animal update, plans for 2024

Catching up on farm work after Christmas!

Installing the shingles on our new milking parlor!

Roof sheathing and dry-in on our milking parlor

Building & setting trusses on our milking parlor. Plus a new animal!

How much fuel does a 24kw Generac standby generator use?

Castrating our bull calf and moving the meat chickens to pasture

I learned something new today!