The Tactical Homesteader
We are found on Youtube where we share our transition from the suburban status quo to sustainable backyard farming with a focus on personal defense.
Spring Update - Trees, Baby Goats, & Baby rabbits!
Birth & first feeding of Saanen goat twins!
15 trees planted in the swale berm - Food forest begins!
60 mail order chicks - Buff Orpingtons!
Barn stalls for goat kidding
Rabbit observations & tips - winterization & documentation
January 2016 Update!
Swale is full!
Swale Construction - First Food Forest Swale - Part 2
Build an egg washer for less than $25
Swale planning - First Food Forest Swale - Part 1
Why I shoot competitions - and why you should too!
Two New Litters of New Zealands - White & Red/Broken
Moving the 5-week-old Chicks Outdoors
Our Fodder System - Version 2
Q & A on Urban Homestead Size for Dairy Goats
Registered Saanens - American, Purebreed, and Sables, Oh My!
New Zealand Rabbits - Many varieties for upcoming shows
Chickens just started laying tiny eggs - but they'll get bigger!
Chicks Moved to Large Brooder - Barred & White Rocks - 12 days old
Update on 1-week old Barred & White Rock chicks
Our first mail order chicks - 35 white & barred rocks
Summer Update #4 - Rabbits - White, Red, Black & Broken New Zealands
Summer Update #3 - Chickens - merging of the two flocks
Summer Update #2 - Dairy Goats - registered Saanen goats
Summer Update #1 - Permaethos workshop & garden update
Small drip irrigation system off of rain catchment
Rabbit update - Palomino & New Zealand kits & New Red
Resolving rain flowing into the goat shelter - our first swale is swell!
Getting the garden ready #2 - Rocks & Rain!