Raising Buckeye Chicks
Feather Picking Chickens
Vaccinating Chickens Against Infectious Bronchitis/Newcastle Disease
Deep Litter & Healthy Chickens?
Young Chick Care
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Basic Goat Pregnancy Care ( 52,847 )Goat pregnancy care is on our minds these days because it’s obvious that several of our Dwarf Nigerian does are pregnant (see the Kidding Schedule for delivery dates this year). But,
we carefully considered their maturity and needs during pregnancy before...
3 Reasons For Homestead Honey Bees ( 7,344 )The 3 reasons for homestead honey bees that we feel are most important are described below. This is the time of year when we review what we've been growing, harvesting, and selling from Bramblestone Farm, and try to make plans for...
Making 2019's Seed Starting & Planting Schedule (w/downloadable template) ( 5,877 )It's time to start thinking about the garden and starting seedlings (or at least getting seeds ordered); so I’ve created our annual 2019 seed
starting and planting schedule again (see below) to keep us on track. It helps me keep focused on buying seeds, starting transplants,...
Use Soil Blocks to Grow Super Healthy Seedlings ( 2,256 )You can use soil blocks to grow super, healthy seedlings! We started using soil blocks to start garden seedlings several years ago and really think they help us grow strong, stocky transplants that get off to a super start in the...
Pre-Freshening Goat Clip ( 920 )Pre-Freshening Goat Clip
It's a good idea to give goats that will be freshening a "baby clip" before they give birth. It's not an all-over clipping, it's just a clipping to remove hair in areas that are likely to get messy...
Homestead Blog Hop 231 Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop!
Now on to the hop...
Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, how-to's, gardening, anything from-scratch, natural home/health, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, natural remedies,...Pre-Freshening Goat Clip Pre-Freshening Goat Clip
It's a good idea to give goats that will be freshening a "baby clip" before they give birth. It's not an all-over clipping, it's just a clipping to remove hair in areas that are likely to get messy...3 Reasons For Homestead Honey Bees The 3 reasons for homestead honey bees that we feel are most important are described below. This is the time of year when we review what we've been growing, harvesting, and selling from Bramblestone Farm, and try to make plans for...
Why Heirloom Vegetables are Better for the Backyard Garden These days, we’re all trying to cut costs without sacrificing quality and growing heirloom vegetables is a smart strategy for doing just that. Heirloom vegetables are the old-fashioned, open-pollinated varieties that breed true from year-to-year. This leads to some definite benefits...
Eggcellent (Keto-friendly) Overnight Breakfast Bake I particularly like this eggcellent (keto-friendly) overnight breakfast bake recipe because it doesn't contain bread like most egg-based breakfast casseroles. And that's also what makes it so keto-friendly. It can be prepared the night before, kept in the refrigerator, and then...
