Select and plant the best fruit and nut trees for your homestead! What size trees will fit in your space? Planting for pollination and selecting hardy trees
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How to Prepare Your Garden for the First Frost in Fall
Prepare your garden for the first frost in autumn to increase your harvest. Get ready for a killing frost and your garden will continue to produce!
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How to Get Rid of Unwanted Roosters
Do you have unwanted roosters? Too many roosters? Here are some suggestions for dealing with roosters that you can't keep!
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Free Fall Garden Chores Checklist
Use this handy checklist of fall garden chores for getting the yard and garden whipped into shape for spring! Checklist of chores NOT to do in fall too!
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How to Homestead on One Acre – Increase Your Self-Reliance with 1 Acre or Less
Can you really homestead on 1 acre of land or less? Yes! Here's how to make the most of your small homestead by choosing the best livestock and plants!
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How to Keep Chickens Cool in the Heat and Collect Eggs All Summer
When summers heat up it is important to keep chickens cool so they will be healthy, happy, and productive! Keep the eggs coming all summer with these tips!
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Burdock and Black Beans with Pasta – Foraged Recipe
This recipe for Burdock with Black Beans and Pasta is a dish I created to use more wild foods foraged from our homestead. It's a cheap and delicious meal!
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Carduni Made with Burdock Leaves
Carduni made with burdock leaves is another great dish you can cook up from foraged greens. This is a great way to save money and eat healthy!
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Creamy Burdock Soup Foraging Recipe
This Creamy Burdock Soup is a tasty spring dish! Made with just fresh milk, butter, burdock leaves, ramps, mushrooms, and a little flour.
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Why Your Chickens Don’t Lay Eggs
Wondering why your chickens don't lay eggs? Here is a list of common reasons that hens may not lay eggs.
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Planting Strawberries in My Garden
I'm planting strawberries in my garden this year to replace my old patch. Read about the varieties and how to plant, feed, and mulch your berries.
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Free Spring Garden Chores Checklist
Having a spring garden chores checklist is helpful for staying on track this time of year. I know my spring chores are on my mind! My garden clean-up is started, but far from complete.
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How to Treat Pasty Butt in Baby Chicks
Pasty Butt in baby chicks isn't a fun topic to discuss. However, it is important to address this life-threatening condition before it's too late!
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How to Raise Healthy Baby Chicks
Raising healthy chicks an important topic on my homestead. If you have chicks, you'll want to keep them happy and healthy too! Here's how!
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Do You Want to Keep Ducks?
Raising ducks and having duck eggs is a fun homesteading project! I've had a number of duck breeds for eggs and meat over the years. Learn from my experience!
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Using Our Farm Fresh Eggs
Farm fresh eggs are one of my favorite parts of living on a homestead. Here are some ideas for using your fresh eggs on the homestead!