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” …
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 …
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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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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
Some years ago I think I actually coined the term, “feel good crop.” You see, here in Oklahoma we garden in an extreme environment. We hold the continental US record for the hottest 40 days and nights in a row and, I’ve seen colder winters here than we ever saw on the East Coast. We …
Let’s talk about ornamental squash and pumpkins as food. Have you ever noticed that in late summer many beautiful squash and pumpkins appear in the produce section? Not many people purchase them for food, and, judging by the price, I can understand. They’re usually quite expensive! However few realize that they can be used for food, …
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 …