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Choosing a Wood Cookstove: What to Look For
Disclaimer: This post includes Amazon affiliate links. I may receive a small commission at no addition cost to you if you utilize my links. Thank you for your support! Many people are looking to return to old-fashioned ways, including switching their wood stoves over to wood cookstoves. While these stoves were removed from most homes…
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Homesteading Book Recommendations
Some of my favorite homesteading books are on sale this week! These are all a valuable part of my collection that I use regularly. If you are looking to expand your library or gift the perfect book to your homesteading friends, look no further. I will list the “deal” price as of today (Nov 2023)…
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Chicken Butchering
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. At no cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. All opinions are my own. For a step by step process of chicken butchering, check out our YouTube video here: Materials and Equipment Recommended: Cone Knife Set Scalder Plucker Shrink Wrap Bags…
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Easy Build Chicken Tractor 2.0
Here it is, the new and improved chicken tractor design from Scott Family Homestead! This easy to build tractor will be perfect for your meat birds, young turkeys, or rabbits, or you can adjust the sizing and use this design to fence in your raised beds, just follow steps 1-3. This build can be done…
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Introducing Our Family Milk Cow
We are adding to our herd! In March we brought home our future family milk cow, Lorelai. She is a jersey heifer (meaning she hasn’t had a baby before) due with a calf in July. She is a beautiful girl used previously in fairs, which means she is halter trained and good mannered. She is…
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Water Glassing Eggs
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. At no cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. All opinions are my own. It’s the time of year when we have a surplus of eggs! Laying eggs is naturally seasonal. While it is possible to increase laying in the winter…
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Meet Our New Additions!
We’ve had quite a few changes around here! We are getting settled on a new farm and have many new additions. Most importantly, our sweet baby girl. She is 7 months old and such a bright spot in our lives. While I could go on about her all day, the focus of this blog will…
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We Bought a Farm!
We’ve spent the last 8 years converting a 10 acre property into a homestead, but we are ready for the next big adventure. We have increased our acreage dramatically and bought a farm! It was a formal dairy farm with a beautiful barn, fields to utilize as pasture and farmland, and acres of woodland perfect…
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Northern Vegetable Garden Planting Guide
It seems like everyone is starting seeds! Here in Northern Wisconsin it is still very cold and our growing season is short. It’s not quite time for us to start seeds. In a lucky year we get about a 120 day growing season, but in the years that I’ve been gardening we have had seasons…
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Homemade Maple Syrup
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. At no cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase on Amazon.com. All opinions are my own. A few years ago we decided to venture into making homemade maple syrup. The good news is, as long as you have access to…
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