Half-Assed Acres

Half-Assed Acres Just our little homestead. Working towards self-sufficiency. Join us for all the fun and chaos.

A baby Gray Tree Frog, Bull Frog, Bumble Bee and Carpenter Bee all came to say thank you for the clean pond!
08/31/2026

A baby Gray Tree Frog, Bull Frog, Bumble Bee and Carpenter Bee all came to say thank you for the clean pond!

Taking down an infested pear tree. Some will go on the burn pile. Some will become mulch/compost.
08/24/2026

Taking down an infested pear tree. Some will go on the burn pile. Some will become mulch/compost.



Pumpkins!
08/24/2026

Pumpkins!


Finally got the screen door installed. Not perfect but it functions as intended.
08/22/2026

Finally got the screen door installed. Not perfect but it functions as intended.


"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the...
08/21/2026

"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicken way!"

Owl and her mob.



08/11/2026

The reality of homesteading. Animals still need fed and watered regardless of what the weather is doing.

To my local weather forecasters, apparently your idea of "light" rain and mine are very different things. 🤣




First batch of sauce!* While Papa, Nana and mom were preparing for making sauce Baby Hulk cut up a snack of zucchini and...
08/09/2026

First batch of sauce!
* While Papa, Nana and mom were preparing for making sauce Baby Hulk cut up a snack of zucchini and Roma tomato with a butter knife*
Simmering the scraps for broth and drying the tomato peel for powder.
** the scraps will be drained and then given to the chickens**





Green beans and red potatoes fresh from the garden for dinner. We'll add bacon and onion and it will go perfectly with ...
08/08/2026

Green beans and red potatoes fresh from the garden for dinner. We'll add bacon and onion and it will go perfectly with the beef roast.



First batch of green beans and cabbage. Some eggs and more tomatoes. Picked about a half dozen strawberries earlier. N...
08/07/2026

First batch of green beans and cabbage. Some eggs and more tomatoes. Picked about a half dozen strawberries earlier. No picture of those as Baby Hulk and Princess Egginhair already ate them. 😆

And a barred owl feather I found mowing yesterday.

American Goldfinch in the field.
08/04/2026

American Goldfinch in the field.



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