Make Homemade Sweet Tamales
Want to know how to make homemade sweet tamales? We have a couple of recipes.
Tips from the Homestead
Everyone can learn something new about homesteading. Here we have a collection of bloggers who give tips about the lifestyle through their blogs. If you have something to contribute, please contact us. We love to network with other homesteaders and add to the encyclopedia of homesteading knowledge that we are creating via Homesteadingedu.
A sight that will sink a farmer’s stomach.
Too much feed can hurt your animals, especially sheep and goats. No farmer wants to see their goats and sheep in the feed room.
Embrace the Suck
I am sore, cold, depressed, and sad today. Winter finally showed up at our farm. Rumors of -7 degree temperatures are more realistic than they should be. When the animals are unhappy you want to fix it. I want to wrap them all up in a blanket. My wife made the decision to bring our …
Selling Livestock is a Homesteading Asset
If you raise animals on your homestead you probably need to sell some from time to time. By “raise,” I mean “reproduce” Selling homestead livestock is a natural part of the homesteading lifestyle. Reasons to sell livestock Sometimes one ends up with too many animals. Selling livestock can act as kind of a “safety valve” …
Reasons to Patronize the Local Farm Supply
Normally I hate to go to the store, preferring that someone else go, but the local farm supply shop is different. I LOVE to go there! By “Farm Supply” I mean a place of business that sells and repairs farm equipment, but even if you don’t have a farm, there are good reasons to patronize …
Quickly Make Exquisite 3 Ingredient Egg Drop Soup
Cold weather is here. With the arrival of cold weather, most of us like to have a nice bowl of hot soup when the days are frigid. So, I thought I would share my favorite 3 ingredient egg drop soup recipe with you all. So, here’s what you are going to need to make this …
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How to Grow and Sell Sweet Potato Slips
I love to grow and sell sweet potato slips! This is one of my favorite spring time activities, even though it involves a fair amount of time and work. “Slip” is the most common term used for “cutting,” in sweet potato nomenclature. Sweet potatoes are grown from slips and the majority of those who grow sweet potatoes …
Why You Should Carry a Multi-tool
If you do almost anything with your hands, whether it be on the farm, the garden or DIY projects in the home, you should carry a multi-tool. Almost anyone could use a multi-tool. “Multi-tool” is a term which describes a handheld, folding tool with multiple “blades,” or attachments. Some multi-tools are knives, by all rights. …
Sweet Potatoes as Ornamentals
In gardening forums I often find the question about whether the ornamental varieties of sweet potatoes produce good roots for the kitchen. Some gardeners wonder if ornamental sweet potatoes are good to eat but how many have considered regular sweet potatoes for ornamental use? Many years ago, when I first saw ornamental sweet potatoes, I …
Why Diversity Matters with Sweet Potatoes
The topic of sweet potato diversity is pretty obscure. If they think about it at all, most folk believe that the extent of it is that there are some red colored sweet potatoes beside the regular orange ones, found in the supermarket. Don’t let the supermarket fool you. Sweet potatoes are far more diverse than …