Oak Abode Podcast

Today Kathleen's recapping the house construction progress, plant growth on the acreage, and the livestock we're considering to clear it. Here's what we've been up to, what we're working on, and what's coming next. Our Instagram handle is @Oak_Abode You can find our homesteading content on YouTube. We have tons of different blog posts on homesteading, gardening, and chickens on our website. You can find a few items that we regularly use on our homestead on our Amazon page. We're not experts, so we always recommend talking to the pros for the best advice. This contains affiliate links, which may lead to a commission if purchased. This comes at no extra cost to you. Thanks!

Kathleen has been hard at work narrowing down the best chicken breeds for our homestead. Here are the breeds we're buying, the breeds we're considering, the breeds we're avoiding, and why. Kathleen also goes over some chick raising tips for an easier (and cleaner!) experience. Small Animal Playpen: https://amzn.to/3q1YsZc Our Chick & Chicken Gear: https://kit.co/oakabode/backyard-chickens-gear Chick Care 101 (YouTube): https://youtu.be/Q82O1FSMRk4 Integrating Young Chicks With Older Chickens (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfoQNnK2Xog Our Instagram handle is @Oak_Abode You can find our homesteading content on YouTube. We have tons of different blog posts on homesteading, gardening, and chickens on our website. You can find a few items that we regularly use on our homestead on our Amazon page. We're not experts, so we always recommend talking to the pros for the best advice. This contains affiliate links, which may lead to a commission if purchased. This comes at no extra cost to you. Thanks!

Learning to make, build, or grow something yourself can be very rewarding, but most importantly can help remove dependencies on the system. Systems that make our lives more convenient are often times not healthy or environmentally friendly. In the worst cases they violate basic human rights. In this episode I go over why we, at Oak Abode, are becoming less dependent on the "System" and reasons you should too. I give a few resources to find local food producers and even talk about my latest project.  Resources from the podcast: http://www.eatwild.com/ https://agreenerworld.org/ https://farmfreshatlas.org/ Our Instagram handle is @Oak_Abode You can find our homesteading content on YouTube. We have tons of different blog posts on homesteading, gardening, and chickens on our website. You can find a few items that we regularly use on our homestead on our Amazon page. 

In this episode I give an update on our donkey Hank and talk about our new burro Gus. These two have become good buddies and will soon get to run and enjoy the pasture together. Adding donkeys to our homestead is a high learning curve, but they have added a lot of joy to my day.  Our Instagram handle is @Oak_Abode You can find our homesteading content on YouTube. We have tons of different blog posts on homesteading, gardening, and chickens on our website. You can find a few items that we regularly use on our homestead on our Amazon page.

Four years ago we were only dreaming of how our future homestead would look. Figuring out how to afford a large property with a house and animals seemed impossible, or at least that it would take a decade for us to save up the funds needed. Although it took less than half of the time we had planned initially, several years of really hard work finally paid off. In this episode we go over how we saved up for our little homestead and hopefully provide inspiration on you can too.  Follow us on Instagram @oak_abode Find us on YouTube! Check out our website for blog posts about our homestead. 

New animals on the homestead are always exciting. This is the first equine that we have owned together and we are excited to learn how to train and work with donkeys.  We learned a lot about what makes donkeys special while researching the best animals for our farm and we share a lot of it in this podcast. Hank is turning out to be a great addition to the family. Stay tuned for more podcasts and videos on our YouTube channel about this little guy. Subscribe to our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/c/oakabode Follow us on Instagram @Oak_Abode

We take a dive deep into things to know about raising chickens, pro's and con's, and why they make a great starter animal for homesteading. Our flock has grown since getting our first 12 chickens three and a half years ago. Whether you're on a quarter-acre lot in suburbia or on a larger homestead, chickens are great for many purposes. Listen in on what we've learned about the feathery beasts in the short time we've had them.  Here is our introduction to training dogs around chickens video! Kathleen also put a great video on how to raise baby chicks. We're quickly coming into winter so start thinking about how to get your flock ready for winter. We have a great Cold Weather Chicken Care 101 article on our website!

We finally moved out of suburbia!! Well we don't quite have a house right now, but we have the land. We've come a long way from our small third of an acre lot and we want to share our plans with you all. This next chapter is going to be an exciting one and we're adding in a podcast so we can push out even more content. We are going to learn so much from starting a homestead from scratch and we want you there with us every step along the way. We recently posted a new YouTube video on the same topic if you prefer that medium. I also posted a FREE Farm Loan Calculator article on our website where you can download my Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that will help you plan and budget for a farm property of your own. Follow us on Instagram for the most up-to-date info on our work on the homestead!