How do you add new chickens to your existing flock while also minimizing the “drama” that goes with it.
You Will Fail! | 10 Tips for the New Homesteader
Here’s some tips to help you out if you are just getting started or thinking of homesteading.
How to Make a Cattle Panel Structure
Make a Greenhouse, Chicken House, Rabbit House and More from this simple building made from cattle panels. Building your own cattle panel structure is easy to do and only takes a couple hours to complete.
How to Keep Chickens Safe in Hot Summer Weather
As hot weather gets hotter, chickens can struggle to stay healthy. Help your flock thrive and survive the soaring summer temps.
Our American Blue Rabbits
American Blue Rabbits are growing in popularity. Find out more about this heritage breed.
How to Sterilize Canning Jars & A Space Saving Tip
Sterilizing canning jars is vital for successful canning. Just getting started in canning? Here’s some tips to help you out.
How to Take Care of Your Chickens
What tasks do you each day? Each week? Other times? Here’s a basic run-down of what it takes to keep chickens.
When Do You Separate a Mama Hen from her Chicks?
There comes a time when a mama hen and the chicks need to part ways. How do you know when?
How to Stop Chickens from Eating Your Eggs
What do you do with an egg-eating chicken? Steps to take for preventing or stopping chickens from eating eggs.
How to Store Farm Eggs
Washed or unwashed, refrigerator or pantry? What’s the best way to store farm eggs to make them last the longest?
How to Keep Your Rabbits Cool in the Summer Heat
Rabbits do fairly well in cool temperatures, but when it comes to very hot weather, you have to take extra precautions.
Why You Should Raise Rabbits on the Homestead (or in Your Backyard!)
Why rabbits make a great addition to the homestead, and why you might want to raise them, too.
Growing Tomatoes? Get Rid of These Suckers!
A quick tip on something you need to do when you are growing tomatoes.
Homesteading Conferences and Other Great Ways to Learn New (Old) Skills
Don’t let lack of knowledge keep you from your homesteading dream. There are many ways to learn new (old) skills.
I’m Not an Easter Present
Every year it happens. People go to the store and they think a baby chick is the perfect Easter present for their kids. They let the kids play with them….and they die. They think, “It must not have been healthy” or “It must not have been a good breed” or any number of reasons why the chick or chicks died.
How to Keep Your Chicken Coop from Stinking
I’ve had some people wondering about how I keep my chicken coop from being stinky. There’s three keys to make it happen.
How to Make Homemade Weed Killer
Homemade Weed Killer with Epsom salt and vinegar is simple to make – no poisons and no weeds! Let me show you how to make your own.
How to De-Skunk Your Dog
When you live in the country, it’s a pretty great life. However, there are some things that stink about it. Literally.