Raising Appalachia Homestead

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We are a family of four that centers our content around Jesus, Homesteading, Hunting, Fishing, Homeschooling and Foraging here in the Appalachian mountains of SW Virginia.

05/28/2026

A Ruffed grouse we seen a few days ago.

05/27/2026

Bobby did his first good check on the bees, see how they've built out their comb and to check for larva, all of which are doing well. They have built comb out on two additional frames, larva is visible and after reviewing the video he took, and posting, family helped us recognize that the big bee we saw was just a drone bee (male). We will have to go in one day and try and find the queen, though we know she is there because we saw larva. Bees are new to us, and it's a trial and error type of thing. Part of learning is making mistakes, but that is a good thing because you learn from that and know better for the next time. Thankful we have had good help from family to navigate the new experiences.

We have been in a drought since the beginning of the year, according to the weather station we needed 10+ inches of rain...
05/26/2026

We have been in a drought since the beginning of the year, according to the weather station we needed 10+ inches of rain to get us to base level. Not sure exactly how much we got over the last few days but I can say the grass is greener, the garden is doing much better and the ground isn't pure dust anymore thank the good Lord above.

With the rain making it possible for us to finally burn some brush piles that had stacking up ever since Hurricane Helene wiped out several of the trees.

God sure gives us some amazing views. Stormy evenings make for some absolutely stunning sunsets. The sunset yesterday wa...
05/25/2026

God sure gives us some amazing views. Stormy evenings make for some absolutely stunning sunsets. The sunset yesterday was gorgeous.

05/20/2026

The boys got to see how they cut the trees near power lines here in the mountains. They had seen it from a distance before but this time it was close to the house and they got to watch it for longer than just a few minutes. Thankful that they are getting some of the lines here cleared out, this route is notorious for trees falling and the power going out, especially during the winter months.

Something about an evening thunderstorm just hits differently, we weren't even expecting rain yesterday, it didn't last ...
05/19/2026

Something about an evening thunderstorm just hits differently, we weren't even expecting rain yesterday, it didn't last long but it sure was pretty moving through the mountains.

We cleaned up around our hive this morning when Mamaw saw a listing for free beehive and supplies and sent it to me, I w...
05/17/2026

We cleaned up around our hive this morning when Mamaw saw a listing for free beehive and supplies and sent it to me, I was already typing out the message to the person while explaining to Bobby we had to go, he gave me the okay and I sent it. We loaded up the kids, Mamaw and Papaw and drove to Gray to get it. To say we were excited to get it was an understatement. Now we have unpacked it all and are getting it all set up to have ready for another hive.

Thanks to some family, we got a swarm of bees yesterday and this morning they are looking good. I am not sure who was mo...
05/17/2026

Thanks to some family, we got a swarm of bees yesterday and this morning they are looking good. I am not sure who was most excited to check on them this morning, Bobby, the boys, or Papaw 😂

We had a good day fishing all day yesterday. We started early at Stoney Creek where Lane caught 2 Rainbow Trout, Caleb c...
05/16/2026

We had a good day fishing all day yesterday. We started early at Stoney Creek where Lane caught 2 Rainbow Trout, Caleb caught 1 Rainbow and Bobby caught 3 Rainbow. Then we went to Bark Camp Lake and the boys caught a bunch of small Bluegills, Bobby caught a Rainbow and his first Brook Trout.

Our chicks are getting a lot more of their color to them now that they are about a month old. If you are local (Gate Cit...
05/13/2026

Our chicks are getting a lot more of their color to them now that they are about a month old.

If you are local (Gate City, Norton, Kingsport) we still have plenty of them available, for information on Chicks, and Turkey Poults you can reach out to us here or by email.

Potato, Patato, Tater... Whatever you want to call them we have worked them. This weekend we hilled the last field, next...
05/12/2026

Potato, Patato, Tater... Whatever you want to call them we have worked them. This weekend we hilled the last field, next thing we have to do shortly is fertilize them.
We are hoping to sell some but we will see how that goes when it is time to harvest them.

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