You Might Be Ready For Homesteading If…..
You Might Be Ready for Homesteading if… You may be 20 years into the homesteading journey, or you may be in a …
Tag: country life
Handmade Soap – Get the Benefits without the Work or Cost
Soap making. I’ve not made soap before. It is something that I would like to learn how to do. I have not …
The Best Chicken You Ever Ate – Make It Tonight!
I have cooked a lot of chicken in my life. Roasted Chicken Crock-pot Chicken Grilled Chicken Baked Chicken Beer-can-in-the-butt Chicken Smoked Chicken …
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Chickens & Frost Bite
I’m going to be real here. We have been keeping chickens for several years. We have been through a few challenges. The …
How To Grow Garlic
It is pretty normal to find me in my garden. It is my favorite place in the world. It’s my happy place. …
Brown Swiss – May be the Basset Hound of the Cattle World
My oldest daughter likes cows. A lot. It all started with this beautiful girl, Faith (the cow, not the child). Then she …
Getting the family Cow Bred (Prego)
Our school days had a couple of interruptions last week. The AI guy came out to continue the process of attempting to get …
What Do Raw Dairy Products Cost?
What Do Raw Dairy Products Cost? I know prices will vary depending on location, competition and availability….. BUT – Whoa! I was …
Breaking Ice and Other Winter Farm Chores
I thought you might want to come with me to do some morning chores. This is Kentucky. It’s January. It’s 7:45am. It’s …
Is Homesteading Expensive?
What is the cost to eat real food? Let’s face it, if you want to eat organic, local, real food, it is …
Artificial Insemination – Again
The Artificial Insemination guy came out to visit our sweet cow, Faith. We are trying to change her current maternal status from “open” …
Painting the Run-in… with a Cow
Remember my sweet, little, unhappy, bawling calf? Moo!Moo! I’m happy to report that after 4 days of pacing and bawling; Crumple decided …
Death of a Christmas Tree
A lot of folks enjoy their Christmas Tree’s until New Year’s Day and beyond. Not me. By Christmas day I have had …
Happy New Year!
Hope your 2015 is filled with laughter, joy and celebration. I hope your farm is filled with baby chicks, baby moos, and …
Cut Out Cookies – Roll Cookies – Sugar Cookies – Best Iced Cookie You’ll Ever Eat
Every Christmas we make “roll cookies.” Some call these “sugar cookies” or “Christmas cookies” or “cut-out cookies.” On my grandmother’s recipe card, …