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Goats - How Much Cold Can They Take? ( 98,130 )How much cold goats can take is a question we get asked each winter fairly often. Perhaps because ours are the smaller, cute and fuzzy Nigerian Dwarf goats, folks seem to question whether they can take the cold. We live...
5 Reasons You Should Choose Nigerian Dwarf Goats for Milk ( 94,253 )Worldwide, goat milk is the most highly consumed form of milk and, amidst the varying dairy goat types; Nigerian Dwarf goat milk is increasingly popular. But why is goat milk and Nigerian Dwarf goat milk in particular so popular?
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Fresh Eggs - Washed or Unwashed? ( 23,359 )Should Fresh Eggs Be Washed?Different cultures treat egg washing in different ways - many cultures (such as all the EU countries) prohibit washing fresh eggs that are to be sold whereas most places in the US require them to be washed. So the...
World's Easiest Microwave Fudge (Goat or Cow Milk) ( 20,822 )World's easiest fudge recipe is just that and is another easy Do It Yourself (DIY) gift idea. Although I use goat milk (learn what goat milk tastes like here: What Does Goat Milk Taste Like Anyway), whole cow milk can...
Oven Rendering Honey Beeswax ( 17,016 )Oven rendering honey beeswax is a technique that you can use in the wintertime when beekeeping, gardening, and other outside activities have slowed down to turn your leftover beeswax cappings into useful beeswax for projects. See 3 Reasons for Homestead Honey...
Easy, Natural Pine Cone Ornaments These natural pine cone ornaments are not only beautiful; they're easy to make and inexpensive as well. All it takes are some pinecones (gathered for free in our case), spray paint, ribbon, and a glue gun. I chose to make them using metallic gold...
Homestead Blog Hop 216 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,...
Free Garden Seed Catalogs Links for 2019 The snow started falling here today, so to me that means it's time for this post on Free 2019 Garden Seed Catalog Links.I don't want most of the catalogs we get in the mail, but the yearly free garden seed catalogs...Oven Rendering Honey Beeswax Oven rendering honey beeswax is a technique that you can use in the wintertime when beekeeping, gardening, and other outside activities have slowed down to turn your leftover beeswax cappings into useful beeswax for projects. See 3 Reasons for Homestead Honey...
Easy Sew Green Gift Bags or Reusable Cloth Gift Bags These reusable cloth gift bags (or easy sew green gift bags) are a great idea my friend Doris uses for wrapping gifts at Christmas time. The bags are not difficult to make, don’t take much fabric, and are reusable year after...
