Forest Escape a chosen path

Plants need food, so chicken tea is a free solution. Mixing up batches of chicken tea for each raised garden bed. We have very interesting forest escape homestead invaders! Morning glories wild or planted are so pretty! Loud morning meeting in chicken land. Finally got a lot of rain!

We never know what will happen in the night at the forest escape homestead! A night raider makes a mess! Caugh in the act on two camera systems! My morning suprise until I watch the cameras. The brave deer hopes to be friends with black kitty. A young buck is with his doe. The poor tomato plants need prayers! Pretty and funny content!

If you have always wanted to write a book, you can start today! A forest escape homestead is a perfect place to start writing, but you can write from wherever you are. It is so easy to get started. Step-by-step you can see the process I use to write Christian children's books! Use print-on-demand (POD) to afford publishing a book without a publishing house fee, literally for free with IngramSpark, using their free ISBN and upload your book title. See my books on the GodReallyLovesYou.com web site. Earn money doing what you love. Write your book. Illustrate your book. You have the opportunity to sell your books all around the world. Christian children's books are important, and they help children cope with a crazy world. Get started today: you have a story to write! Buyers have given nice reviews of my God Really Loves You Book Series. I am happy to share my stories with children around the world!

NOW available! Get ready for 2025! Perfect for homesteading liftestyles! "2025 Naturally Organized 24-hour Daily Planner" for sale and written by Author Wendy Nelson The Naturally Organized 24-hour Daily Planner™ includes monthly KJV Bible Scripture, prayer lists, reminders, and limited traditional holidays, as well as God’s Appointed Times or Festivals of the Lord. The Naturally Organized 24-hour Daily Planner™ provides 24-hour scheduling for international calls and meetings, as well as to organize activities at any hour of your day! Get ready for 2025! One day per page means lots of space to write! What does it mean to be naturally organized? What is natural in life? How did God intend for us to live? How can we be organized to accomplish more for God? We can be naturally organized, if we have our priorities in order, use our time wisely, and live a balanced life. God wants us to put Him first, and all else falls into place. We can develop a routine that includes prayer time to start the day and to end the day, and we can monitor how many hours we work, compared to how many hours we spend with family, practicing sports and relaxing. PRINT INFORMATION: Glossy cover, full-color, 70 lb. paper to prevent bleed through. Trim Size 8.50" x 11.00" Paperback: Perfect Bound Cover Finish Gloss Page Count 424 Copyright ©2024 by Wendy Nelson Published by MediaTek Grafx ISBN 979-8-8690-1043-8 Printed in the United States of America

In the forest escape homestead we have a starving kitty that visits often and he can eat 5 breakfasts and still be hungry! We finally got rain for the garden, and the lilies are super pretty! The Princess Tree is huge, plantains have a use, and morning glories are growing. Greenhouse plants need to go in the garden, and blueberries are bearing fruit.

Our forest escape is truly God's country, with a mama deer kissing her fawn. We are blessed to see such beauty! On the homestead, we have a blown out garden hose but it has a lifetime warranty from Ace Hardware. Harris Diatomaceous Earth is a great treatment for potato bugs. Giving the chickens back their swimming pool, and more!

Trying out the chest mount for the iPhone camera to see if this will be a good choice for making videos! In the forest escape we have morning chores on the homestead. Feeding chickens, checking berry growth, watering the greenhouse plants, filling the chicken water buckets, and watering the garden, as well as noting pests and damage to address. Birds are always singing in the forest, too!

A solemn time in the forest escape homestead. I was going to delete a video I shot with the music playing in the background in the greenhouse, but it was foreshadowing something I could never imagine. We must pay attention to small things when they happen. When We All Get to Heaven was playing on the radio, and three days later our beloved father passed away. When I went to assemble the video, this clip played and I realized how important it was/is. This video is celebrating the deer eating, trying to see hummingbirds, watching the plants growing, and making the daily bread, as well as hearing the music - and cherishing the memories. We have the assured hope of heaven in our salvation through Christ, by the grace of God. When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be, as the lyrics say, written by Eliza E. Hewitt, and published in 1898.

The head mount for wearing the iPhone taking video is a new challenge! I wore my iPhone on my forehead and took a video walking in the woods. It was 92F in our Kentucky forest escape, and so sunny! I didn't use Deep Woods Off or wear my socks over my leggings and I was very sorry! I had so many turkey mites all over my ankles. The backhoe is back up by our home, thankfully without doing any wheelies. Discussing wild grapevines and ferns, firewood needing to be cut up for winter heat, as well as talking about deep ditches, trying to handle road water runoff and erosion on our homestead.

It was a very big surprise to see a new visitor at our forest escape homestead! A black bear came to visit us, and circled our area three different times, returning to smell the garbage can, the charcoal grill and the tree garbage. The bear was not afraid of security lights, people, or the sound of our voices, or the radio playing in the greenhouse. He was a brave bear, but he has moved on to a different area of the forest now! Luckily, the chickens were locked in the coop at this time of night. It was 8 PM when the black bear first came to visit us! Strawberries, black raspberries and blackberries are all growing nicely! The black bear stole a contractor bag full of papers and cans, so it really didn't actually get food from that - but it is amazing to watch him haul that giant bag away into the forest!

Let's focus on the good things in life! If you feel down, maybe you are not noticing all the beauty around you. Maybe you are getting information overload with negative news. Take a walk in nature and get a break from society. God loves us and He made wonderful things for us. If you need more time in nature relaxing and being with God, maybe it is time for a lifestyle change! Forest Escape a chosen path dot com has information about my book, sharing our journey to following God's path for our life. I'm hoping to share the peace and love of God, through these videos. The book gives you practical steps to take to move to a forest escape! Watch deer, hear birds singing, see the wild turkey and the snail, as well as sunset, sunrise, the moon, aurora borealis, solar eclipse and so much more!

Chicken tea is a superfood for your garden! Why should you have chickens today? Basically you have four reasons to raise chickens, as they give you eggs and meat, and you can barter or trade with them, and they give you natural fertilizer for your plants! Learn how to make chicken tea and easily dispense it when needed. Forest escape homestead hacks include tree garbage! Noisy roosters always have something to say during any homesteading activity. Which rooster is the noisy one today? Make unlimited free fertilizer, instead of paying $10 to $12 for each bottle of liquid fertilizer concentrate at the store.

If you are homesteading in a forest escape, you have to consider whether or not you want free-ranging chickens. With bird flu and other threats like coyotes and raccoons as predators, an enclosure keeps the flock safe. Build your own chicken run on your coop. Watch the DIY Build a Chicken Coop video to see the first part. This is the second part, with a focus on building the chicken run. Decide if you want an 8' wide run that is 8' long or 16' long. Do you want to partition your flock? Do you have too many roosters? This concept design for a chicken run may help you decide what to do. Learn from mistakes and improvements! Also, we have a chicken cam! LOL

Simple idea for the homestead! DIY raised garden beds that will last quite a few years. Build your own raised beds, and also see what we did. What is a good approach - and what should have been done differently. Water eroding soil can be stopped. A hardware cloth bottom, and a rectangular design might work for you. Which wood lasts the longest? How wide should a raised garden bed be? Should you use weed block in a bed? This year, we are done fighting the weeds. Think about what design is best for your forest escape garden bed, and then have fun building it!

Build your own forest escape greenhouse with an affordable and simple concept design. Every homestead needs the ability to grow food, and indoors could be a good alternative or addition to a traditional garden. Find out what the perfect greenhouse plastic is and which ones to avoid! Use webbing and cushion tape for a long-wearing fit! Learn what we did - what was right and what was wrong. A good type of flooring is discussed, as well. Start growing plants earlier in the year - and longer in the year - with a greenhouse!

You can build it in the forest escape! Discover how to build a chicken coop on your homestead that accommodates a large flock, as well as supply storage, a brooding safe place or area for injured chickens, roosting bars and nesting boxes! Learn what flooring is best, and the type of roofing that will endure most storms. Protect against predators and more!

Communication is important and we rely on the internet and cell phones, but what happens when those fail? We can still communicate in the forest escape! We use ham amateur radios and CB base stations and mobile radios to have communication with people in our areas and around the world. Watch the antenna tower be installed, with a winch to raise and lower it. Old school CBs are making a comeback because everyone knows that the cell phones and internet can be unreliable. Learn about where to study and get information for your ham radio operator license, as well. See the radio frequencies for CB and ham communication. Walkie-talkies are also useful. Of course, the weather radio is good for in an emergency, too. Learn about an old-school pasttime that is making a comeback!

Forest escape homestead has work to be done. Birds are singing, watering plants, admiring the blueberries, and the rooster is crowing! Strawberries are growing and the apple tree is getting bigger. Identifying Virginia Creeper and Eastern Poison Ivy going up the tree. Cutting weeds and filling the compost bin. Chicken coop door needing repair and a taller door jamb. All in a day's work!

Forest escape birds are singing so loudly every morning! Making red syrup for the hummingbird feeder, sewing new chicken saddles and putting them on very uncooperative girls! Hens don't realize Blu-kote and saddles help them. Made the decision to put weed block in the raised garden beds, and used the iNaturalist Seek app to identify some wild grapes and summer grapes. Fun in the homestead!

Enjoying the green of spring at the forest escape homestead, cleaning out garden beds and hoeing, as well as adding fertilizer. Last year's veggies are growing LOL. How the raised garden beds were constructed. This year weed block is necessary. Wild berries get tied up, and lilies are growing and wild flowers are blooming. The iNaturalist Seek app was recommended by a friend and it is pretty cool.

When you follow God's path for your life, your life will change. In a forest escape we find peace and quiet, to study God's Word in the Bible. We work hard on our homestead planting, building, growing, raising animals and flocks, but there is also a spiritual part of life with God that is always present, so we grow and mature as people. Trust God. Don't be timid; be bold. Watch and pray. Christians love your neighbors. Live a wholesome life, use your gifts and do what God asks you to do!

Presenting the first hour of the day in a few minutes, with a suprise visit from a curious possum! Birds, dew on the leaves, wild grapevines, and more! From twilight to sunrise, it is a beautiful beginning of the day in the forest escape!

Update on Sparkle suffering from vent gleet, addressing the topic of ticks in Kentucky, testing the raised garden bed soil, potting plants, a strange little "dude" in the tomatoes, and some small improvements for the greenhouse, including something to scare away raccoons in the forest escape!

No electric power at the forest escape homestead this morning due to the storm, putting the feed and scratch in buckets, and a hen is not feeling well. Good treatment includes a spa day for Sparkle, as well as probiotics and electrolytes! Road is torn up from the storm, repurpose feed bags, natural treatments for vent gleet. Not exactly a typical day!

It is a green spring at the forest escape homestead! Today the chicken run jail for roosters needs improving, outfoxing the pesty moles, installing greenhouse shelving, and repurposing anything we can. Another hard day's work!