Homestead Spring Hill

03/31/2026

Just when you think your chickens are finally becoming normal, you look out the kitchen window and see what’s on the bird feeder.

03/24/2026

It’s that time of the year again! The kids got to pick out their baby chicks yesterday! Now to Angela’s sheet excitement they will spent the next month or so in their new home in the living room by the fireplace!

03/21/2026

Not gonna lie, this is pretty awesome! I wish more people would do this.

Most billionaires spend their wealth on yachts or private islands, but Tim Sweeney is taking a very different approach: buying forests and protecting them forever.

Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, known for Fortnite and Unreal Engine, is worth billions. For years, he has quietly invested hundreds of millions in North Carolina forestland, not to develop it, but to preserve it permanently. Through conservation easements, the land is legally protected from logging or construction, ensuring its safety for generations.

To date, Sweeney has conserved more than 190,000 acres, making him one of the largest private land conservationists in the eastern U.S. Inspired by his childhood adventures in North Carolina forests, he aims to protect the landscapes that shaped him. Despite the scale of his efforts, he seldom speaks publicly about them.

While other billionaires chase space travel or sports franchises, Sweeney is quietly buying forests and guaranteeing they remain untouched forever.

09/04/2025

Grape juice production has begun! Luckily there are a lot of helpers to make it fun and fast. I only need the shortest ones to grow a bit taller to reach the bunches of grapes on the vines now!

09/01/2025

It’s a busy Labor Day morning in the prairie! Everything is getting the last of the pollen that is out there and the praying mantis’s are everywhere!

08/27/2025

Oh my Millet! The chickens are going to love all this over the winter!

07/15/2025

MRE Night part 1

06/12/2025

My shameless selfie. The rest of the field is planted with giant sunflowers, millet and Sorguhm. The doves will love their smorgasbord of food! And the chickens if they figure out how to get to that part of the field ever. Thanks to the soil and water district for letting me rent the planter! Worked perfectly!!!

05/26/2025