Homestead Donations for 2016

One of the coolest things we have been able to do in 2016 is finally make donations of eggs to a local food pantry. I work with a community garden through my nonprofit and the homestead has been a great extension to help the garden.

Our 2017 plan includes final preparations for the garden beds so we will be able to include vegetables with the egg donations. The eggs and land designated for the food pantry's benefit will expand with time, but for now we are proud to have donated 58 pounds of eggs (duck and chicken), which was 30 dozen. Our ducks took a while to come online and we had a lot of smaller chicken eggs in the beginning of the year, explaining the weird pound : dozen ratio.

Pumpkin patch for the ducks, chickens, and turkeys

Two of the smaller ponds feeding into the larger duck pond - lots of muscle and tractor work to get this set up!

Watermelon treats for babies is much more fun to watch!