It wasn’t all that long ago when learning a trade – such as being a journeyman, baker, craftsman, tailor or smither – in lieu of college (which of course was and still is unattainable to many), meant finding someone under ...
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Udderly EZ Milker
Whether you have a huge farm or a little homestead, a hundred head of cattle or a single goat for your family’s milk source, the Udderly EZ Milker is a must have. Milking is tough on the hands, and if ...
Read More »Introducing Children to Smart Saving
Saving money for a rainy day isn’t necessarily instinctive. It’s a learned behavior that most of us picked up from our parents. Sometimes we can’t even explain how we learned to save money, so how can we impress the merits ...
Read More »Fresh Milk on Tap: Goats for Home Milk Production
There are many uses for milk. Along with drinking, it is a necessary ingredient in many recipes and is required to make cheeses, yogurt, and other foods. Having a self-sustained supply of milk is invaluable on a small homestead, but ...
Read More »The Amazingly Versatile Dual Purpose Chicken
If you have been reading regularly here, you will probably notice that I have a great affinity for the dual purpose chicken on a homestead. They serve the greatest potential while minimizing the overall workload of the homesteader. When seeking ...
Read More »Cleaning Up the Pig Sty: Care of Your Homestead Pigs
Pigs are actually very fastidious animals who will give you a lot of help in keeping their areas clean. They earned the unfortunate reputation for being dirty animals from those who see them briefly and notice only that they can ...
Read More »Raising Chickens for Meat
Chicken is one of the healthiest foods you can feed your family, and luckily, one of the easiest to produce as well. Of all the livestock animals, only chickens and rabbits can be raised easily in very small spaces. Chickens ...
Read More »Little Hands can do Big Things on the Homestead
Living the homestead, back-to-basics lifestyle is fun, but it is a lot of work. There’s a lot to be said for the great satisfaction you feel when you eat a meal completely created by your own work, and produced from ...
Read More »Cracking the Reading Code
Congratulations! Whether you have chosen to send you child to a public school or you are home schooling, your child has started school. But do you ever wonder what’s going on there? All this pressure about reading readiness, all those ...
Read More »Raising Chickens for Egg Production
If you are not concerned with putting meat in your freezer, or live in an area where butchering chickens would be frowned upon, you can still enjoy the many benefits of owning chickens. If you never intend to breed chickens ...
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