Midatlantic Homestead

Midatlantic Homestead homesteading, show rabbits, meat rabbits, geese, turkeys, organic vegetables, chickens, and guinea f
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We moved out to Woodbine in 2016 and started making our hobby farm dreams come true. Farming gives us plenty of reasons to spend time outside and allows us to better understand where our food comes from. We currently raise Silver Fox rabbits for 4H and for meat along with a variety of poultry for eggs and meat. We often have rabbit kits for sale and from time to time we will also be selling poultry.

09/03/2026

I've grown the Three Sisters together 7-8 times now. Sometimes in the more traditional mound groupings, sometimes in rows.

This is the first time, that I recall, EVER having the squash be such a vigorous climber! The squash seeds were supposed to be butternut, but they look more like a cushaw variety. That's okay with me. Squash is winter poultry feed for us, so I don't mind growing the larger variety and harvesting it for feed.

And these traditional native American bean varieties (Cherokee Trail of Tears and Iroquois Skunk beans) are just as vigorous. The seed packet says 7-8ft tall, but they're nearing the height of the high tunnel, at least 11-12 feet tall!

I'm disappointed that our sorghum harvest will be poor, but lessons learned again. I will need to give it a bigger headstart next time -- more like 3-4 weeks before the beans and squash.

09/02/2026

Flexibility of shape and size are needed for rotational grazing pens. These step-in posts make it easier to quickly create new paddocks.

I believe Premiere One fencing sells the step-in posts but they are quite a bit more expensive than the ones that I have been buying on Amazon.

08/19/2026

How do I / my child join 4-H?🍀

Here's the answer:

You get on your county's 4-H website and look at the clubs listings.

You don't have to attend your own county's 4-H. If they don't have the specialty Club that you're looking for, you can attend a 4-H club in a different county.

The meetings are only once a month.The only hard part about that is driving back and forth to a county fair 🤪 every day for fair week. That's a lot of driving.

There are several people in our 4-H club who drive in from a different county.

Joining a 4-H club is very inexpensive. A lot of what happens is done by volunteers, so it's only about $20 a year to participate in a 4-H club.

You're just send a message expressing interest to the club leader's email address. Get the emails from the club directory page. The club leader will tell you about meeting times and help you get signed up.


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