When I was in high school, I understood homesteading to be something that was only done back in the 1700 to early 1900s at best. However, as I have been living on my own for some years, I have come to realize something. Homesteading is still modern. It can be. There are some advantages …
Do you live in the city or suburbs and sometimes think about moving to the country? Perhaps you long to get away from the “rat race” or to live a more simple life. At least in the USA this is a very idealized concept. Often when people take vacation in scenic areas they think, “You …
In 2011, I started working a night shift job. One night, I was cleaning as usual, when I encountered a bug that looked like it had been through a nuclear attack. It looked like a Frankenstein bug. The creature looked like something a mad scientist created. This Frankenstein bug had legs built like a grasshopper, …
One of the things that people who are self sufficient take great joy in doing, is cooking from scratch. There are times when you have to make a meal when you don’t have much on hand. I found that Indian Fry Bread makes a great foundation for a meal. Just as the quarantine went into …
During the time of the Great Depression, eggs and milk became scarce for those who didn’t raise them. So, people came up with recipes to make do without the things that they couldn’t get. Today, thanks to the Corona virus, people are again having some difficulty getting milk and eggs. They even created a recipe …
Raising A Premie Lamb Two days ago on our homestead, we had the tiniest lamb get born. When I first saw this premie lamb, I wasn’t even sure if she could survive. However, I wanted to try everything I could to raise the premie lamb. She was so tiny that I named her Pluma …
The Kidding Doe Our homestead has almost finished with kidding season and we are waiting on bated breath for our last doe to kid. So, how can we tell when she’s in labor? That is one of our frequently asked questions when someone new to goats is waiting on their doe. So how do you …
I have a favorite saying on the farm: “Sometimes the best chicken… is a duck.” There are several reasons I came up with this saying, and for why it tickles my funny bone. One of them is something I saw in the movie, “Babe.” “There’s something about that duck…” Apart from that, I love the …
During the winter when many of us would like to heat with wood, it can be tricky to know what to use for fire starter. Some of us will buy fire starting bricks from stores. However, there’s a few much cheaper ways. Here’s five things to use for fire starter: 1.Sycamore Sycamore makes great fire …
The mulberry can feed you really well, yet this tree is largely neglected, might I even say, despised by some, because it can be a bit messy. Mulberries are only messy because they are such huge producers of tasty berries. Their fruit come in different shades, from almost black to almost red, as well as …