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3M ago
Every year in the summer I see new chicken owners wondering how to keep chickens cool. We live in southern Arizona near Tucson. It gets very hot here every year for about three months. So far we have been successful at keeping our chickens alive in the heat. There are a number of techniques that ..read more
The Geek Homestead
3M ago
If you’ve never heard of Chiricahua (cheer-i-cow-uh) National Monument, you are not alone. We had never heard of this place until we moved to Arizona in 2019 from California. We consider it a hidden gem and it is now one of our favorite places to camp! I will be writing about our visit last year ..read more
The Geek Homestead
3M ago
It has been 3 years since our last post on The Geek Homestead. We have had many changes and just life in general happen the past 3 years. A few days ago, I realized that The Geek Homestead is important for our family. It has been a record for us of things we have done ..read more
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3y ago
Our remaining 2 and a half night-blooming cereus plants bloomed last night and it was our first day of monsoon weather. They gave us a beautiful show ..read more
The Geek Homestead
3y ago
Last year, we were delighted by the flowers on our five peniocereus greggii, also called night-blooming cereus or queen of the night. This year, we have been watching our night-blooming cereus since the beginning of June. Last week, I took the kids on a vacation to the beach in California and was hoping that these magnificent flowers would wait for me to come back. And they did ..read more
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3y ago
We were running low on homemade jam, so we decided to spend a Saturday morning canning. Just for fun, we threw in some candied jalapenos too!#can some jam ..read more
The Geek Homestead
3y ago
The Electrochemistry Lab is ideal for your older students to do while younger ones watch. Make sure there is still an adult present to supervise though ..read more
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3y ago
The Geek Homestead visits The Thing in Benson, Arizona. Was it amazing? Not to everyone! Was it fun? Yes, even though we didn't get everyone ice cream afterwards ..read more
The Geek Homestead
4y ago
The Geek Homestead visits Apple Annie's Orchard in Willcox, Arizona, and has such a good time that we are planning on going back again in two months! We picked apples, pears, and too many vegetables (according to our kids ..read more
The Geek Homestead
4y ago
After a few months of hoping it would come back to the Kiwico store, the Tinker Crate Infinity Mirror is available again for purchase ..read more