Category: Additions
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2026 Updates to Chayotix Homestead
Obviously, it’s been a while since updating what all we’ve had going on! You know that ducks have been added, but we’ve also attempted processing one. We wanted to make sure we enjoyed the eggs and the meat before putting in a ton of effort. The meat was good, just not a lot of it.
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More New Additions! Ducks!
So, I’m overdue in announcing that we had some new additions to the flock. While my dad was down this summer, he repeatedly told me he would love to hold a duckling. His socials have been flooded with call ducks and pet ducklings and ducks in costumes. So what better way to grant his wish
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The (Castle) Coop is Coming Along!
The babies are growing, and they need a coop! A bigger coop. This week, we’ve started building the base for the building. Due to height limitations made by the run I bought, a castle isn’t happening this round. BUT I have ideas on how to add castle elements in to give the chickies the Disney
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New Additions! Plus a Chick Coloring Page
So, I know I said the last 6 were my last additions for this year. But then someone nearby had my favorite type of chicks: Lavender orpingtons! She wasn’t sure who was a hen and who would be a roo, so I attempted the dangling feet method. Hopefully, these two baby pompoms are girls. So,
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A Chayotix Homestead Absence Update (and Chicks!)
It’s been an eventful month! We’re building a larger coop. We got a land survey done and have just a bit more land than we thought. (Fence is in progress.) And we finally bought chicks! In the last month though, there was a violent stomach flu that ran through the house. Intense storms hit my
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Unboxing My New Gardyn Kit
Last weekend I bought a Gardyn Studio. Though admittedly the buy was made in a case of mistaken identity, this thing has literally grown on me! Building it took about 5 minutes, and loading up the plant pods and setting up the AI was almost instant. An app “Kelby” tells me what’s needed, more light,
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A Garden Club Idea I’d love to Implement
During this week’s Herbal Conference, there was a discussion on connecting with local herbalists. The idea of an herbal club came up. I’m very interested in herbalism but feel so new to the idea, I’m not sure what I could offer. But I have a fair amount of confidence in gardening! A gardening club is
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Changing Up the Vermicompost Setup
Last week, Seedtime hosted their Seed to Harvest summit. I finished taking my notes on Thursday and believed myself to be done with webinars for the time being. Then Marcus shows me an email showing there are three bonus videos to watch from the summit. One of those videos is a deeper look at vermicomposting-
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Moving Forward with Blueberry Plants After Our Class
Finally Getting the Ball Rolling I’ve wanted to buy blueberry plants and wanting to get started with berry growing since long before we took the berry class in September. Taking the class just strengthened the goal and gave us a path to take to accomplish it. On Veteran’s Day, we called Bluegrass Berries back up,
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Building A Container Stand and What We Grew
Another aspect of the self-sufficiency book is areas of container gardens. The northeastern part of my yard plan calls for containers at each end of my raised keyhole garden (which doesn’t exist yet but one step at a time.) Seeing a bucket plant stand online seemed like a perfect match! Only 12 buckets don’t feel