{"id":38,"date":"2026-10-12T13:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-10-12T13:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:37:51","slug":"advice-field-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"Advice &#038; Field Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b3ffe38a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#28352d;background-color:#f3ede2;margin-bottom:18px;padding-top:26px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:26px;padding-left:28px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advice &#038; Field Notes<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practical notes from a large family learning, building, and raising animals on a working homestead in Midcoast Maine.<\/p><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Browse by subject<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b3ffe38a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#28352d;background-color:#edf0e9;margin-bottom:18px;padding-top:26px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:26px;padding-left:28px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/?cat=5\">Farm Field Notes<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Real lessons, decisions, and observations from the day-to-day work of His Homestead.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b3ffe38a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#28352d;background-color:#f0f0ed;margin-bottom:18px;padding-top:26px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:26px;padding-left:28px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hishomestead.com\/?cat=6\">Animals &#038; 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Field Notes Practical notes from a large family learning, building, and raising animals on a working homestead in Midcoast Maine. 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