Homesteading

Homesteading is a lifestyle. It focuses on self-sufficiency and sustainability through permaculture practices, gardening, raising animals, and much more. You may wonder if homesteading is still possible today… the answer is YES! My family and I are modern homesteaders learning the basics of homesteading and teaching it to you through video and educational blog posts. Stay awhile!

How to Set Up An Electric Fence on the Homestead

Learn how to utilize and set up an electric fence on the homestead to keep your animals in and predators out.

Raising Meat Chickens

Organic Cornish Cross for your backyard or farm is the best breed to keep your cost low. You can use this guide on raising meat chickens to learn

Using Chickens for Garden Pest Control & Disease in Orchards

Learn the best way to use chickens for garden pest control, and also keep your nut and fruit orchard safe with these natural roaming workers.

How to Train a Cow to Milk

It’s not as difficult as you may think to learn how to train a cow to milk for the first time. You could have fresh milk for your

How to Milk a Cow By Hand

It doesn’t take long to learn how to milk a cow by hand without a machine. Follow this tutorial to produce maximum output for your dairy needs.

What Farm Animals Eat in a Day

What farm animals eat in a day is answered in this lesson as we cover what food can be used to put on body weight including grass, grain

Homemade Bacon (Cured, Smoked, Cooked)

Learning how to make homemade bacon is extremely simple. You can follow this bacon recipe for a smoky, thin or thick-cut bacon perfect for breakfasts, sandwiches, or straight

Chicken Tractor Plans: Affordable & Functional

Use this chicken tractor plan to build in just one day to supply shelter and feed for your hens or baby chicks, and easily move using pvc instead

Chicken Coop Ideas – 5 Methods That Work

Build a DIY, cheap and easy coop for your chickens considering a proper design for the door, perch, nesting box, and run with these chicken coop ideas.

What Killed My Chicken? – How to Know

What killed my chicken? If you're here, you're probably asking yourself that very question. Something got one or more of your chickens. Naturally, you want to know what

How to Keep Chickens Happy and Healthy with These 7 Essential Tips

How to keep chickens happy and healthy in your backyard whether baby chick or adult hen with tips on feeding, care, and shelter in winter or summer.

Using the Permaculture Approach for Your Chicken Flock

Use your chickens so they work for you and your permaculture homestead. This method of raising chickens improves your permaculture systems.

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