As your garden produces, you need a way to preserve all that goodness. Try these pressure canning recipes to get started. You can freeze, dehydrate or can your produce to store it for later use. If you decide to can your produce, you’ll need to know that low acid vegetables like peas, green beans, peppers, …
Keeping rabbits on the homestead means you need to learn about their anatomy and issues that come up with it. One big issue with larger rabbits is sore hocks. What are sore hocks? It’s a painful infection on the bottom of the rabbit’s foot or feet. When we first got our Angora rabbits, to say …
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Grocery prices are going up everywhere.The other day, I took my husband grocery shopping with me and I sighed when I looked at all the prices. “I remember when that cream cheese was only $1.09 a block. Now, it’s $2.50 on SALE” “See that sour cream there? It used to be $1.50, now it’s $1.99” …
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Being “green” is all the rage today. Everyone is talking about “reduce, reuse, recycle” and carrying your own reusable bags to the store has been the ultimate in fashion. But, some are still struggling to really understand the basics of it all. I know I did for a long time! So, today I am going …
Many homesteaders are crafty by nature. They can take twigs and make a beautiful garden bed, or entwine some rattan and lace and make gorgeous tablecloths or even their own gloves and mittens in the winter. I personally am missing that Martha Stewart DNA in my blood, so crafting is not something I do on …
I’ve been without a dryer for nearly 3 years now. We could’ve replaced it many times ago, but decided for one reason or another to continue hanging clothes on the clothesline. Of course, you can still hang clothes outside to dry in the winter, but it’s very cooooold on the old hands. We bought a …
Pick Up Beekeeping As A Hobby & The Bees Will Thank You! I want to be transparent with all of you and let you know when my husband first told me we were going to start Beekeeping I was a little scared and quite concerned I remembered getting stung as a child and really had …
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Yes, we raise our own chickens, and yes, we use everything but the cluck around here! Someone once asked, “What do you do with the chicken FEET?” Why Should You Eat Chicken Feet? There are a lot of really good reasons to eat chicken feet. First, it allows you to use every inch of the …
How to breed your rabbits isn’t rocket science, right? Well, there’s a few tricks I’ve learned that have helped us when we’ve wanted to breed our rabbits for one reason or another. First, you have to have a doe and a buck. Duh, right? Well, if you knew how long we thought our buck was …
My Grandfather was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and therefore, was Scottish. The Scottish are known for their kilts, their bagpipes, and Scottish shortbread cookies. All three played a huge role in my childhood, actually. My mother loved to hear the bagpipes playing and would make us listen to records of songs on bagpipes. My grandfather …
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