Although our last frost is just a few weeks behind us, I have been gardening for months. And by that, I mean preparing- taking in knowledge, planning in my garden journal, building new hugelkultur raised garden beds, drying out duck bedding for mulch, depleting the manure piles…and of course, planting and watching everything come to […]
Good morning and welcome to a new How-To Monday! Today we’re going to be discussing bone broth and how to get it into your diet. Bone broth has been used for centuries, long before its effectiveness was even understood. Who hasn’t heard the suggestion that we should eat a bowl of chicken soup when we […]
Living on a busy hobby farm provides countless beautiful opportunities for great photos. Springtime is especially busy for us this year with all of the new babies surrounding us: pigs, turkeys, rabbits, and chicks. There’s no doubt that spring brings all kinds of new life, whether it be new animals, the buds on the trees, […]
If you’ve thought about raising meat rabbits, you are not alone! The popularity of “Cuniculture” is on the rise amongst backyard homesteaders as a way of providing delicious, protein-rich, lean meat for their families. Cuniculture is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits, usually for their meat, fur, or wool. And, of course, […]
There is no season I look forward to more than canning season. Except maybe gardening season, but the two go hand in hand, don’t they? It makes me as anxious as my kids are for their after-nap-treat. And as the canning shelves start getting lighter and my boxes of empty jars begin to stack up […]
It’s that time of year. I’m guessing that if you haven’t yet placed your seed order for the upcoming gardening season, you’ve at least thought about it. Because even if you might be under piles of snow at the very moment, spring is just around the corner. For some of us, that corner is a […]
I’ve been eating farm fresh eggs from backyard chickens since I was a little girl. Anyone who raises their own chickens feels much pride in the daily treasure hunt that is egg gathering. There’s something extra special about them. Egg-stra special, if you will. Totally kidding. But not really. Bottom line is, we chicken rearers […]
When it comes to doing anything on the homestead, there is always a cost to consider. And when feeding animals, there comes into question not only the cost, but how to do it in a way that is most healthy for both you and the animal. I had been researching fermented feed for quite some […]
Welcome to today’s Traditional Homestead Quick Tip! These are short and sweet posts where I share with you a homestead tip that I’ve learned along the way, whether it be from my own experience from that of the wise homesteaders before us. Today’s tip involves a very common problem for chicken keepers: picking. You’ve probably […]
I’ve been having an intense love affair with “real” milk for about six months now. And by “real”, I mean the stuff fresh from the cow. Not my cow {someday I hope}, but from the local dairy that our small fishing town of 1,500 people are so incredibly fortunate to have. I don’t take much […]
