This year, many more people are wanting to start homesteading. While this is a very worthy effort, homesteading can take a lot of planning, time, and money. More than what most people realize. But I can’t think of a better thing to spend that time and money on! There are a lot of blog posts …
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Dual purpose chickens are the best chickens to raise for anyone who wants to be more self sufficient. We mostly raise dual purpose chickens, but have a few of the fancier breeds as well. If you’re raising chickens, and especially if you have at least one rooster, you might as well raise some that will …
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This year has led more and more people to start thinking about becoming more self sufficient. With the lockdowns affecting the average household’s income, self sufficiency is looking better and better to most families. Then, if you add in the food supply issues we have had, it seems like a no-brainer. But what is self …
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It’s been a dream of ours for a while now to start growing garlic, both for ourselves and for some farm income. Garlic is an easy-to-grow herb that is so versatile, I use it in nearly every meal. And the resale value is excellent! So growing garlic is a no-brainer for our farm. As a …
Chickens can be stinky, smelly creatures. There, I said it. I love my chickens, but they can smell bad if not properly cared for. If you have chickens, you might be wondering how to keep their coop clean and odor-free. Well, I have some good, cheap solutions for you to help in controlling odors in …
If you heat your home with wood, you will likely have an overabundance of wood ash to deal with. But what do you do with it all? Here on the homestead, we try to find new uses for all of the things we consume. Even the parts that are normally thrown away. It’s all part …
I love using wood heat in our home. There’s something just so comforting about a crackling fire in the middle of a blistering cold winter. Before we moved to our homestead, each home that we lived in had a furnace. And I guess for the most part, they were fairly efficient. But there was …
Did you grow pumpkins in your garden this year? What do you do with those pumpkins (besides carving for Halloween)? Pumpkins have done pretty well in my garden every year. So I’ve had to find ways of using pumpkins. I do love a beautiful pumpkin display for fall, but I can’t really do that. I …
We are a big hunting family. My family never hunted, but The Hubs’ family always did. Ever since we were married at a very young age, we have gone hunting as a family. Hunting is a wonderful way of increasing your self reliance. And I have embraced it! Over the years, we have put thousands …
Fall is in full force here. Which means it’s time to harvest Horse Chestnuts to make Horse Chestnut laundry soap! Horse Chestnuts, AKA conkers, have been falling from our tree like crazy. Any little bit of breeze sends hundreds of conkers into the yard. And trust me, you do NOT want to be under that …
