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The Best Goat Feeder for Your Herd
Goats are difficult to feed – they tend to make a mess, spread their hay, and refuse to eat hay that is dirty or fallen. This means that they waste a lot of hay. Finding the best goat feeder for your herd to keep their food off the ground is key to limiting waste and…
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How to Boil Maple Syrup from Sap
Once you’ve collected sap from your maple trees, it’s time to turn your sap into syrup. In this article we’ll outline the process of how to boil maple syrup and share the exact method we’ve used for year to create delicious syrup on our small scale maple production. The biggest variations in how to boil…
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The Best Compost for Vegetable Garden Success
Adding compost to your garden is one of the best things you can do for incredible plants and a better harvest. In this article, we’ll explore the best compost for vegetable garden success from homemade compost to store bought options, we’ll break it all down and help you decide what is right for you. We’ve…
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The 5 Best Bagged Compost Options for your Garden
The secret to success in the garden is healthy soil, and creating healthy soil is an ongoing process. Every year we enrich our garden soil with compost to build up the organic matter in the soil. This boost of ready to use nutrients encourages plant growth, helps combat bug pressure and leads to the best…
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How to: Companion Planting Bok Choy
We love to grow bok choy in our garden, enjoying the fresh flavors straight from our backyard. Having grown bok choy for years, it’s become a staple in our garden. Getting the most of your harvest means using every strategy to increase the flavor and yield. One of these methods is to try companion planting…
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The Best Goat Waterer for Your Backyard Farm
Whether you are getting goats for the first time and looking for a goat waterer for the first time or are an experienced homesteader needing some new options, we’ve got you covered with some goat waterers for your backyard farm. Below you can see exactly what to consider when choosing a goat waterer for your…
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The Best Mason Bee Kits to Attract these Power Pollinators
There are so many reasons you should consider encouraging mason bees to visit your garden. Mason bees are powerhouses when it comes to pollinating. Having a mason bee kit in your yard helps to attract these bees and is a great alternative to keeping honeybees. You won’t get delicious honey, but these bees can go…
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FREE Homestead Planning Challenge Mini Course
Are you looking to start a new homestead? Are you an experienced homestead looking to refocus and set new goals? Are you struggling on your homestead and looking for guidance? We’ve got you covered with this absolutely FREE Homestead Planning Mini Course. To get started homestead planning, sign up below. It’s 100% free! First Name:…
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The Ultimate List of Homestead Skills
Building a homestead require masting a number of skills that are no longer taught and are often not relevant in the mordern world. Because many of these skills are outside of everday use, it often takes more time than anticipated to get started building a homestead. As you embark on your homesteading journey, or continue…
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How to Avoid Homestead Burnout
Homesteading is hard. It’s so easy to take on more than you can handle, especially in the first years of homesteading. This can quickly lead to homestead burnout and in some cases completely giving up on homesteading. Even when you have a well planned homestead and plenty of support, there are likely time when homesteading…
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