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PRE-ORDER Your 2019 Homestead Management printables and have them emailed to you as soon as they publish for the 2019 season. Printables include: • Egg Tally Sheets • Expense Sheets • Dairy Sheets • Meat Sheets • Harvest Reports • Monthly Calendars • Goals and Planning. . . . and more! […]
Summer is here in full swing. Corn is growing. Tomatoes ripening. Chicks hatching. Piglets squealing. The most rewarding moments of homesteading are upon us. And then the day comes. You walk out to your chicken tractors only to find one of your chickens has been attacked by an opossum. Or, you walk through your garden […]
Before we get to this amazing Gluten-Free Applesauce Muffins recipe, I want to share what lead us to become a gluten-free and dairy-free family and how we’ve incorporated this method of cooking onto the homestead. It truly is not as difficult as you would think and the foods we prepare are full of flavor. These […]
Raising rabbits can be an “easy” project if you aren’t worried about the financial aspects of raising your own food and if you only want a couple breeding does. If you simply care about knowing where your food comes from then rabbits may work well for you. But if you want to know where your […]
By Ella & Kaylee Richardson, The Farm on Quail Hollow Raising kids on a farm is an ultimate experiment? Well, just add bees to that experiment and see what happens (a bee kingdom!). Ok ok it’s not as scary as what it sounds. In fact, I’m intrigued with the fascination and bond that raising kids […]
Learn about the different pickling methods you can try: Vinegar Pickles for canning; Quick Refrigerator Pickles, or Fermented Pickles from Kirsten K. Shockey, Guest Blogger for Lehmans.com What is the difference between fermenting and pickling? It is a common question. In a way, it is just as much a semantics question as it is a […]
By Jenna Dooley, The Flip Flop Barnyard This spring has been very busy around our homestead. I love all of the seasons, each one for it’s own reasons. Spring is such a special time of year. It’s a time of birth, sowing, growth, new starts, hope for the future, and expectation of abundance. Our spring has met […]
by Allison Ervin Gardening is one of my all-time favorite summertime activities. I love planting seedlings, watching them grow, taking care of them, and eventually, harvesting the wonderful things they bring to the table (pun intended!). It is fun in every way to me – gardening draws me outside and into the warm sunshine and fresh air each […]
by Patrice Lewis Editor’s Note: Have you heard the exciting news? Joel Salatin is joining us for our Country Living Workshop next month in Kidron, Ohio. Here’s a sneak peek of Joel’s farming practices and approach to homesteading. INTRO: MAKING A LIVING ON A HOMESTEAD If you’ve ever wondered how to make a living from a homestead, there’s a man […]
By Jenna Dooley, The Flip Flop Barnyard Our family started homesteading over 6 years ago (in 2011) and we have never looked back. I don’t know if we really knew what we were getting into when we started but it’s been an amazing journey. It hasn’t always been easy and fun but it’s always been worth it. […]