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How To Store Vegetables For Winter (Long Term Winter Vegetable Storage) ( 3,256 )It’s that time of year when the excess vegetables from the garden need to be stored before frost destroys them. The good news is, many of these vegetables can successfully be stored for months if they're given the right storage conditions.
Even without a...
Choosing Your First Nigerian Dwarf Goats ( 3,207 )Choosing Nigerian Dwarf goats can be intimidating, even if you’ve carefully researched them. That’s because it usually takes time to develop an eye for what makes a “good” goat. It’s smart to learn about goat anatomy (see this LINK), but...
Choosing Goat Herdsires ( 2,868 )I'm reposting this guide to choosing goat herdsires because it’s that time of year when many goat owners are choosing which bucks to use for breeding, and I see many bucks for sale or for rent. But, it’s very important not...
Semi-Annual Chicken Coop Cleaning ( 2,612 )Twice yearly, in spring and in fall, we do our semi-annual chicken coop cleaning.
We use the “Deep-Litter” method for managing coop sanitation, which basically means putting down a 6” layer of pine shavings (the “litter”), adding more pine shavings (or...
Easy Cucumber, Onion, & Dill Salad ( 2,094 )This easy cucumber, onion, & dill salad is practically a staple in our refrigerator when we have cucumbers and onions coming out of the garden. Although it's quite simple, it's very refreshing and tastes a like a "new pickle" to...Choosing Goat Herdsires I'm reposting this guide to choosing goat herdsires because it’s that time of year when many goat owners are choosing which bucks to use for breeding, and I see many bucks for sale or for rent. But, it’s very important not...
Homestead Blog Hop 208 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,...How To Store Vegetables For Winter (Long Term Winter Vegetable Storage) It’s that time of year when the excess vegetables from the garden need to be stored before frost destroys them. The good news is, many of these vegetables can successfully be stored for months if they're given the right storage conditions.
Even without a...
Make Tomato Juice from Fresh Tomatoes Easily (w/Kitchenaid Mixer) You can make tomato juice from fresh tomatoes easily with a Kitchenaid mixer!
The tomatoes are coming out of the garden pretty fast this time of year for us, and we certainly can't keep up with them by eating them fresh....
Bramblestone Nigerian Dwarf Buck For Sale Bramblestone Nigerian Dwarf Buck Gandolf is for sale. He's a handsome guy with great bloodlines but we're moving into fall and our buck pens are too full. It's difficult to make the cuts, but we must take the hard step...
