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Why it is so important to process piglets early
It is extremally important to process piglets within 48 hours of birth to head off potential health problems now and in the future.
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Know when to start my seeds indoors?
Facebook Pinterest Email Print This post contains affiliate links. Do you know when to start seeds indoors for your vegetable garden? Once upon a time, knowing when to start seeds was a total mystery for me. I would stare at that map on the back of the seed packet with a swirl of color that swept across a drawing of the United States. For the most part, that picture only confused me more especially when just within my county the climate changed radically from the coast to mountains to scorching hot valleys. How could this sweeping picture on my seed packet have any accuracy? Understanding Seed Starting by zones The…
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How you can create a positive homeschool experience
Share on facebook Facebook Share on pinterest Pinterest Share on email Email Share on print Print This post contains affiliate links. You only get one chance at providing a positive homeschool “You only get one change” can sound like a scary statement, especially if you’re a new homeschool parent. Creating a positive homeschool can be easier and more fun than you think. Am I referring to one chance to teach them something? Yes. Am I referring to the time I spend with them? Yes. Am I talking about curriculum choice? Yes! What I am not talking about though, is any guilt that you’re not doing it right! Because you are.…
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Why you need a livestock first aid toolbox on your homestead
Share on facebook Facebook Share on pinterest Pinterest Share on email Email Share on print Print This post contains affiliate links. Keeping your livestock first aid toolbox handy on the homestead It seems like farm animals are constantly needing some form of assistance. It’s a goat that got all scrapped up from barbed wire, a sow needing a shot of oxytocin from a rough delivery or a beef calf that needs their 7-way out in the field. So, I make sure I have a good amount of first aid and vet supplies on hand at all times. We have a couple of shelves in the barn office that are packed…
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Growth in a homestead philosophy
Share on facebook Facebook Share on pinterest Pinterest Share on email Email Share on print Print This post contains affiliate links. My homestead philosophy I have written a lot about our story and how we got to where we are today with homesteading and homeschooling. Another area I have spoken on is how we function currently as a family and on our homestead. Now I would like to talk about my philosophies for raising my kids, the importance of self-sufficiency, the beauty of rural life beyond the scenery and why I’ve taken a turn with the Homemade Revelation to celebrate a Homestead Education. Some of the books that have helped…
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How to feel comfortable with home butchering
Share on facebook Facebook Share on pinterest Pinterest Share on email Email Share on print Print This post contains affiliate links. There’s more than one way to skin a cat (I mean butcher meat) So many of us in homesteading either want to raise our own animals for butcher, hunt, or are even gifted or traded a butcher animal. We raise our own pork, beef, and chickens that we either have butchered or cut and wrap ourselves. We also hunt and will harvest a few deer and turkey every year. We have our meat cutting down pretty well. Then this year we were blessed with a huge cow elk! And…
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“Let me know how I can help” – A small town farewell
How many times have you hollowly said "Let's get together soon" as you passed someone at the grocery store.
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Is homesteading resonating positively with my children?
Share on facebook Facebook Share on pinterest Pinterest Share on email Email Share on print Print This post contains affiliate links. Do you ever wonder if pursuing a homestead lifestyle is resonating positively with your children? I have wondered this on numerous occasions myself. Do my kids understand why we are growing all our own food? Are they on board with feeding our livestock at 7AM when it’s freezing out? Do they think I’m crazy when I make them drink water and use essential oils for a headache? Well probably, but maybe I’ll discuss that another day. And one of the most important to me, can they teach this information…
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How to prevent mold on your plant starts!
Share on facebook Facebook Share on pinterest Pinterest Share on email Email Share on print Print This post contains affiliate links. What could it really hurt to not sanitize something that has been sitting dry for last year? Surprisingly, a lot! Mold spores can dry to the inside of pots, trays, and tools. Then when seedlings are started and everything is wet, warm, and a wonderful food supply is added, it’s a perfect environment for mold, mildew, and fungus. What to do about this? First step is mold prevention Well, it helps to rinse your trays or pots after transplanting but let’s be serious. When you’re done planting your garden…
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The reason we chose to only raise livestock we could eat
We chose to only raise livestock on our homestead that produced tangible yeilds.
