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How to Start Backyard Farming
Backyard farming has become a more and more familiar term over the last few decades as people rethink where their food comes from and how they can become active participants in producing their own food. Backyard farming can be as simple as filling your patio with vegetable plants, and as complicated as including large animals…
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Shearing a Llama
Today we finally got Cocoa his summer haircut! After seeing animals sheared several times and shearing our own goats, I thought I knew what was coming, but this was a whole different ball of wax. We started off getting the llama in the barn and all brushed up. This morning Mariacher Shearing Services showed up…
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Building the Best Chicken Runs, Chicken Tunnels, and More on Your Backyard Farm
The big update this week in the garden (beside getting seeds in the ground like crazy) are the new chicken tunnels. Since our girls are currently on lock down in their run while the seeds get established in the garden, we decided it was time to give them somewhere new to roam and use their…
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Complete Guide to Keeping Rabbits on Your Backyard Farm
Learn how and why you should consider keeping rabbits on your backyard farm.
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A Quilt
This old farmhouse of ours is beautiful, old, and steeped in history. Oh we do love it so and feel so lucky to have our own chapter on her almost 250 year old history. But this winter we’ve also realized that this old farmhouse is also a cold, drafty place to spend our time! Since…
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How to Grow Your own Fodder
Learn how to quickly and easily grow your own fodder to provide your animals with a healthy and inexpensive food supply over the winter.
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How To: Raising Quail, Peacocks and Guinea Fowl
In addition to some of the more common birds, there are several other types that can be raised on a homestead, including peafowl, quail and guinea fowl. Quail can be kept for eggs and meat. Peafowl are generally raised for their beautiful feathers and majestic presence. Guinea hens are tremendous for eating bugs and getting…
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Homestead Highlight: Tessa
Tessa Zundel is a homemaking, homesteading, homeschooling mother of five small children and wife to one long suffering man. She currently lives on an acre in suburban Utah with several generations of her family. She is an advanced master gardener, slowly working on becoming a master herbalist and is the founder of the Salt Lake…
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5 Amazing Tips for Raising Ducks and Geese on Your Backyard Farm
Everything you need to know about raising ducks and geese on your backyard farm. Keep your ducks and geese happy and healthy with these tips.
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