So, you found a great local farmer to buy whole fresh chicken from, now what do you do with it? Many of us are so accustomed to buying...

2022 Farm Goals We are so excited to start the new year. I was never one for resolutions or even making big goals. That is until we...

Filling out a cut sheet doesn’t need to be hard, in fact, it should be a fun part of the process. We raise and sell hogs by the whole or...

Fall is always an interesting season on the homestead. While the rest of the world is settling into their cozy homes, drinking pumpkins...

Homesteaders that are focused on sustainability often forage while homesteaders focused on animal and plant production don’t often forage...

How do I even begin choosing the first homestead animal? This question gets asked all the time by new homesteaders because it’s all so...

There are thousands of great cookbooks on the market these days, on all types of cooking. Not to mention all of the blogs, Pinterest, and...

* Guest Post: My cousin, Steph, made this awesome strawberry rhubarb lemonade recipe a few weeks ago and I asked her to share it on my...

We are preparing for farrowing this week! We are very excited as we have had many ups and downs with breeding and are really hopeful...

My big secret is that I don’t really like eggs! When we first started this operation I thought I would get over my egg issues because...

As of today many of the news headlines are talking about food shortages. As a kid I couldn’t even imagine having a food shortage in this...

The vertical planter idea has been around for a little while. When I was a kid growing tomatoes upside down over your patio was all the...

The Plasson broiler drinker has significantly reduced the amount of time we have had to spend maintaining our broiler meat chickens....

Chicken coop plans are found all over the internet. It can be really confusing getting started on your own chicken coop with so many...

We have tried all different kinds of chick brooder boxes from a plastic tote to a kids swimming pool. The problem with all of those is...

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone tells me “you can’t do that.” Haha yes, I know that makes me stubborn, but it has also...

Raising turkeys is my second favorite operation on the homestead (after pigs, of course)! When deliberating on raising turkeys first you...

Three years ago we moved into this house intending to raise our kids, homeschool them, and growing a small garden. That next spring we...

Backyard chickens are on the rise! Now people are starting to realize you can easily raise a small flock in even the smallest urban...

This is not a sponsored post, just simply a review of one of the best products we use around our homestead. Premier1 Net Fence is used...