Follow my blog with Bloglovin Check out my post on What to do With Extra Eggs. Homemade Egg Noodles If you’ve never made your own egg noodles, you don’t know what you’re missing! I don’t make my own pasta very often, since it is pretty inexpensive at the store. However,…
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Should You Skin or Pluck Your Home Butchered Poultry?
For a complete tutorial, check out my post on How to Butcher a Chicken. Read my instructions on How to Skin a Chicken! Plucking Vs Skinning Your Poultry I’ve noticed that there are two camps when it comes to removing the feathers from your home butchered poultry. Some folks are adamant…
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Duck Salad Recipe
Duck Salad Sandwich If you like chicken or turkey salad, I’m pretty sure you’ll like duck salad too. 2013 was the first year I raised meat ducks for our table, and I must say, YUM! The meat is tender and tasty, resembling the dark meat on a chicken. Recently, I…
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A Handmade Christmas Tree Skirt
Christmas Tree Skirt – Handmade by My Mom Last year, for Christmas, my Mother gave me a wonderful homemade gift…the Christmas tree skirt pictured here. This is the first year we’ve had the pleasure of decorating our tree with this beautiful handmade, quilted skirt. I’m so happy to have one…
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How to Make Raw Eggnog
Homemade Raw Milk Eggnog I love eggnog. This time of year there are plenty of choices for eggnog lovers at the grocery store. But I’ve noticed that most eggnog is just too rich for my tastes these days. So now I make my own from low-fat milk from the grocery…
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How to Foster a Dog on the Homestead
Dogs on the Homestead Dogs can make a wonderful addition to your menagerie of homestead animals. However, an untrained dog on the homestead can spell disaster for your livestock. Poultry and rabbits are especially prone to attacks by dogs that haven’t learned to respect their boundaries. Some breeds are especially…
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Muffin Mix for Prepping or Giving
Make Ahead Muffin Mix Last year I shared two recipes for muffin mixes you can make ahead for your own baking, or to give away as gifts. Having these mixes on hand gives you a quick way to whip up a batch of homemade goodies when company is coming…
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How to Deal with Cold Weather on the Homestead
How to Deal with Cold Weather on the Homestead When the weather outside is frightful and the fire inside is delightful, it’s tempting to stay warm rather than attend to your outdoor chores. Although some outside work can wait for warmer days or can be done before the snow flies,…
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How to Cook with a Wood Stove
Cooking With a Wood Stove Are you wondering how to cook on a wood stove? My family often cooked food in a frying pan or saucepan on the wood stove when I was growing up. Sometimes we did a picnic-style meal and cooked hot dogs in the flames with the…
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Turnips Roasting Over an Open Fire
See also, Making Broth on Your Wood Stove. Turnips from Trogg’s Hollow We have a great CSA, Trogg’s Hollow, down the road a piece from our house. Momma Marcy and Farmer Trogg, the owners and operators, are a friendly couple making their business in locally grown farmers’ markets and Community…
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The New Settlement Cookbook & Christmas Memories
A Classic American Cookbook My parents gave me this copy of The New Settlement Cookbook a few years ago after a trip to one of our local antique shops. Buried deep in the book section we came across this 1997 reprint of an American classic. This edition has some…
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How to Raise the Best Turkeys
How to Raise the Best Turkeys Have you ever wondered what it would be like to raise turkeys on your homestead? Maybe you’ve heard that these birds are so stupid that they will drown in the rain or that they are very difficult to raise. Not true! They aren’t difficult…
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How to Make Peach Jam from Fresh or Frozen Fruit
How to Make Peach Jam from fresh or frozen fruit!
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Butcher Day with My Dad and Mom
For instructions on processing your birds, check out my post How to Butcher a Chicken. A Helping Hand My husband, son, and I live 600 miles from my parents. We visit them in New York every summer and they visit us in Illinois at least once a year,…
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Thankful for a Step Back in Time
Autumn Pioneer Festival Every fall I like to visit the Autumn Pioneer Festival because it reminds me of how self sufficient people had to be during the westward expansion of our country. It makes me feel a little bit wistful that I was born into an age of modern convenience.…
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How to Start a Chicken Co-op
For more information on processing chickens, check out my post How to Butcher a Chicken. What is a Chicken Co-op? A co-op is a group that works together to achieve a common goal. A chicken co-op is a group that either pools their buying power to receive better prices for…