Prepare a Self-Sufficient Thanksgiving Dinner It might be difficult to raise everything you need to serve a completely self-sufficient Thanksgiving dinner. However, what you can’t raise on your own, you may be able to purchase from a local farm or cook most of your holiday meal from scratch. Some of these suggestions need…
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How to Make and Preserve Applesauce
Make your own homemade applesauce easily with these instructions! Freeze your applesauce if you're short on time or use these canning instructions!
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Egg Production Slowing Down?
Fewer Eggs in Autumn? As the days get shorter you are likely to notice lower egg production in your laying hens. It’s one of those facts of life to take into account when deciding to keep chickens for eggs. Although we have bred chickens for larger size, increased egg size…
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Cranberry Jam Recipe with Free Recipe Card!
How to make cranberry jam from fresh cranberries! Use the discounted cranberries after Thanksgiving to make a delicious batch of jam!
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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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Pumpkin Cranberry Muffin Recipe
These pumpkin cranberry muffins are delicious in fall, or any time! They are lightly sweet and wonderful with dried cranberries.
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Homemade Applesauce Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
How to Make Applesauce Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting I recently came across a ‘windfall’ of unwanted apples and make a big batch of applesauce. I canned most of it, froze some when I got tired of canning, dehydrated apple slices, and put the rest in the refrigerator to use…
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How to Sow Fall Crops for an Extended Harvest
Increase Your Harvest with Cool Season Crops In northern climates, like mine, you can sow cool seasons crops in mid to late summer for your fall garden. Oftentimes we get so busy preserving the bounty of our summer crops that we miss out on this chance to extend our…
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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!