An important aspect of being a homesteader I believe is being able to or at least not afraid of trying to repair broken down equipment. It's not only something that needs to be done on the homestead but just in adult life in general. This week Papa saved us a lot of money by fixing the weed wacker, pressure washer and air compressor. First we went down to the garden to clear up the rows in between the beds of all the obnoxious weeds but the darn weed wacker just wouldn't run right...so off to the side it laid to be checked out later. When I was working on cleaning up the greenhouse door we set up the pressure washer to easily get off most of the chipped paint but the once so powerful pressure washer wouldn't stay on, and out came the regular hose. Then when I was sanding and scraping off the debris and gunk off the door I was using the air compressor for easy air clean up but then I smelt plastic burning so I shut it off until Papa could...
We're a small family of four doing what we love on the homestead, in the garage, and in our home. Most recently we started a metal business and when in season grow our own food, cut our own firewood and do projects in between it all. We'll show you what we know and how we do things and who knows you might learn a thing or two. If you head to our Instagram or Facebook page you can see what we're up to on a mostly day to day basis.