Honey Do Homestead

08/10/2026

Home with the kids today.... Carrie's back to work, summer break is over, YAY! Lol....

Took advantage of yesterday's harvest and made another batch of kosher pickles. 2 half pints of spears, 3 quarts whole, 4 quarts of pickle chips, 4 quarts of bread n butter chunk pickles and 3 bread and butter chunk with jalapeno pickles.

Also used up most of our jalapenos starting a half gallon jar of fermented hot sauce. Hot sauce in 2-3 weeks.

Our smallest garden to date has already canned 35 jars of pickles. Tomatoes will be right around the corner and then it'll be salsa, rotel, and spaghetti sauce.

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

This morning we picked cucumbers, zucchini, celery, sweet corn, poblanos, jalapenos, mild banana peppers, sweet peppers, basil, and cherry tomatoes.

Kassidy checked all of our free soldier tomatillos to see if any were ready to harvest, picked all the sweet peppers, and helped pick corn.

We cut 6 of the 8 broccoli plants we planted this summer. Left 1 to go to seed and pulled 1. The 6 we cut are all flowering again and most of them have 4+ heads on them! Don't pull your broccoli, they will surprise you with a second harvest.

Also been seeing a few 6 points and forks around all the does and fawns. Turkeys are gone but we've had way too many coyote and raccoon problems this summer to expect anything different.

08/10/2026

Our second breeding cycle for meat rabbits has been fairly successful. 3 chunky babies for this momma and 8 from another one of our other creme d'argents.

Our first litter is already split into grow out cages for boys and girls.

08/10/2026

Oatmeal is back from being at fair all week. Marshmallow is definitely happy to not be alone again in her pen and stall.

08/03/2026

Garden updates. Sweet corn and tomatoes are going to be ready within the next week or 2.

We've already harvested our 8 heads of broccoli and have multiple heads regrowing on the 6 stalks we left.

Cucumbers are thriving. We've been harvesting some jalapenos, mild banana peppers, and sweet peppers already. Brussel sprouts and cabbages are looking great and We've got our first cantaloupe and watermelon growing finally.

08/03/2026

Canning seasion is upon us!

We have been able to keep up with our cucumbers making cucumber salad and quick refrigerator pickles until this weekend. 8 quarts of kosher dill chunk pickles, 4 quarts kosher dill chunk with onions, 4 pints kosher dill pickle chips, 3 quarts kosher dill pickle chips canned today.

19 total jars

06/22/2026

Garden update pics...

06/22/2026

First litter of bunnies for the year. Not a large litter. Only 3 but they are fat and happy. Over a week old now.