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The buzzing of pollinators in a garden—it’s a sound every gardener loves to hear in the spring. It means healthy plants and vegetables will soon arrive, and our little bee friends are helping us along the way. Bees are essential to any homestead. In fact, they are like tiny herbalists that create natural concoctions that […]
[Welcome Jenna, from the Flip Flop Barnyard, to our blogging team! You’ll find more posts from Jenna on our website as she shares their stories, journey, and all things homesteading! Here’s a little more about Jenna and her family.] By Jenna Dooley, Flip Flop Barnyard I’m often asked why we choose to homestead. People […]
By Mark Spigos, Lehman’s Hardware Taking the great leap into home fermentation can be an intimidating proposition. The prospect of throwing a bunch of vegetables into a container for weeks on end can be, well, disconcerting. If you’ve left berries in your refrigerator too long, you know what fermented foods can look and smell like, […]
By Scott Ervin, Lehman’s Hardware There is an abundance of sources for information on how to tap trees and make maple syrup. How-to guides are readily available on line and in books. I picked up a great book at Lehman’s that was very helpful. I recommend that anyone interested in making maple syrup for the first time study this readily available […]
Over the past 10 years, and more so in recent years, the face of farming has changed drastically. While it has changed in ways of gmo vs. non-gmo, it has also changed in relational, age, and “gender” ways. The average Virginia farmer is now 68 years old, and unfortunately his grand-children aren’t necessarily trying […]
Learn from homesteading and fermenting guru, Gina Phelps, as she shows you how to make some of her special Italian Delight fermented treats!
Want to learn about making cashew kefir? Learn from homesteading and fermenting guru, Gina Phelps!Learn from Gina first hand at the 2018 Homesteaders of America conference! More coming soon…
Roosters constantly get a bad rep, and typically it comes from people who have either been attacked by a rooster, or who are simply uneducated about the way roosters work within a working homestead or farm. Either way, there are a lot of great reasons to own a rooster, especially if you’re a working farm or […]
WHITE HOUSE ON A HILL || EPISODE 119: While at the Homesteaders of America Conference, we catch up with a number of YouTubers. Here’s a quick introduction to each one and the hilarity that ensued. VISIT WHITE HOUSE ON THE HILL by CLICKING HERE
From the moment that you first bring home the newly hatched chicks, the question of how to keep chickens warm will become important. Unless the chicks are hatched under a broody hen, it is your responsibility to keep chickens warm. Surprisingly, this is a short term concern. Once your chicks are mostly full grown, and feathered […]