I sat down over the weekend and made a list of tasks I need to complete in January and February around our homestead. It almost seems too late to be including January, but I want to get started on this list asap, so here it goes! I’m sure there is…
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Wanna Go Homesteady? Part 1
Finding Our Homestead So many people are interested in the homesteading lifestyle, they’re everywhere! Urbanites, suburbanites, apartment and condo dwellers, 20-somethings, and old-timers too…from all walks of life there are folks who want to move out to the country and eat a lot of peaches. In other words, they all…
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How to Get Free Chickens for Your Homestead
How to Find Free Chickens Are you interested in getting some free chickens? In addition to hatching out your own chicks from fertile eggs, you might be able to find unwanted chickens in your area. ‘Used’, or ‘pre-owned’ chickens, might not be as hard to find as you might think.…
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Butter Mold
For more information, check out my post How to Make Raw Butter. Antique Butter Mold I love antique butter molds, don’t you?! I’ve been admiring old wooden butter molds in antique shops for ages. But I always walk by them thinking something along the lines of “Yeah, right… like I’m…
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Raw Honey-Butter for the Holidays
For more information check out my posts How to Make Raw Butter and and antique Butter Mold. Making Raw Honey Butter My Grandma used to make honey butter for spreading on toast and biscuits. This cute honey jar was hers. I’ve always loved honey, and honey butter…there just might be…
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How To Make Homemade Butter
Why Make Homemade Butter? With supply chain issues and a lack of available products plaguing grocery stores, it can be difficult to find many products, including butter. The store where I shop is limited to one brand of butter and even that has been sporadic lately. Making your own homemade…
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How to Buy Locally Raised Meat
Buy Locally Raised Meat Are you interested in purchasing locally raised meat? Do you have concerns about the availability and safety of meat prepared by large processing plants? My family orders locally raised meat through small butcher shops for a variety of reasons. We know that the animals were raised…
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Raw Milk
See also How to Make Raw Butter, Raw Honey Butter, and an antique Butter Mold. Locally Raised Raw Milk I’ve made some new farmer friends recently. They keep Jersey cows for milk and I’m so excited to be able to purchase unprocessed milk from them. I brought home 2 gallons…
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Give the Gift of Muffin Mix!
Muffin gift mixes ready to give to my Mom 🙂 My friend Audrey gave me a jar of home made Apple Cinnamon Chip Muffin Mix for Christmas last year and I loved it! She was happy to share the recipe with me, and I wanted to share it with you…
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Butchering Features - Butchery - It's Almost Winter On The Homestead - Poultry - Raise Your Own Turkeys!
How To Butcher a Turkey
Learn how to butcher a turkey from start to finish. Complete instructions with photos of each step to guide you through the butchering process!