There are a variety of animals, from small to large, you can raise on your homestead to provide enough meat for yourself or your family. Some of the popular animals to raise for meat are rabbits, ...
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Everything You Need to Know to Start Saving Seeds
Summer is an exciting time in the garden. Those tiny seeds you planted earlier in the year are growing and starting to produce. All your hard work is finally paying off. At this point in the growing ...
Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV): Symptoms, Control, and Treatment
The Tobacco Mosaic Virus or TMV is the first plant virus ever identified. Although it wasn't labeled as a virus until 1930, it has plagued tobacco farmers since the late 1800s to present. Despite its ...
Growing Fennel: The Complete Guide to Plant, Care, and Harvest Fennel
These days, you'll find me growing fennel every year, but a few years ago, I didn't pay much attention to this frilly-topped veg until it appeared in my CSA basket. I wasn’t sure how to use it or if I ...
Growing Jerusalem Artichokes: The Complete Guide to Plant, Care, and Harvest
I first tried Jerusalem artichokes about a decade ago (oh geez, I feel old saying that). I received a paper bag full of them in a CSA basket, and I remember wondering, "what the heck are these weird ...
28 Resourceful Ways to Use Bacon Grease Around the Kitchen
Bacon. It’s hard not to love it, but what do you do with the extra gift bacon provides? Yes, I’m talking about the bacon grease. Please don’t tell me you toss it in the garbage because there ...
How To Make The Easiest Fermented Pickles Ever
The first year I grew a large vegetable garden, I spent most of my summer days hauling in laundry baskets full of cucumbers. It was thousands of pounds of food that only amounted to only a few hundred ...
20 Tips to Help You Become a Minimalist Homesteader
Minimalism is a bit of a buzzword these days. It has a lot of different meanings depending on who you ask. I like this description: Minimalism is a tool to rid yourself of life’s excess in favor ...
Carbon to Nitrogen Compost Calculator: Create the Perfect Compost Pile
Do you want to create a perfect compost pile? Well, according to the USDA, the ideal carbon to nitrogen rate for optimal microbial action in a compost pile is between 20:1 and 40:1, with 24:1 being ...