Chcken Coop

Preparedness Challenge 30

Welcome back to our monthly challenge... preparing the homestead for the unexpected. Each month, readers are invited to link up a blog post about what they accomplished during the month to prepare in three areas:

• emergencies for times of power outages, natural disasters, and such
• food storage for lifes unexpected events whether related to long term effects from a disaster or a job loss and everything in between
• sustainable living in order to be more independent, both physically and financially, and to live as close to the land as possible given each individuals situation

Heres the update this month at my own homestead...

• I didnt really complete anything in the first category ("emergencies"), but since I did so much of that this the previous couple of months, Im not going to sweat it.
• I added several food storage emergency meals to our three day meal kits
• I added 3 kinder goats
• I spread the garden with chicken manure from the coop and compost pile

Soon Ill start letting the chickens begin working in the garden for the winter and I also plan to continue researching items that I have on my homestead in order to feed my animals directly from my own resources. It may require planting some items, but if its sustainable (and better yet, native to the area), then I want to consider it.