Homesteading Articles
Bumblefoot Chicken Symptoms and How to Treat Bumblefoot
Are your chickens suffering from bumblefoot? In this article, author Meredith Duke will walk you through exactly how to identify bumblefoot chicken symptoms and how to treat bumblefoot. This is one every novice chicken farmer should know!
Bison Hand Water Pumps: Reviewing Our Water Preparedness
Considering installing a deep well, hand pump? Bison Pumps makes it easy!
Sun Oven Fun! Making Your Own DIY Solar Oven
Want to create your very own solar oven? In this article, we show to step-by-step how to make your own DIY sun oven from scratch using common household materials! This is a great project that the kids will love. Read on and start baking!
Goat Milk, Dairy Goats, and Your Sustainable Food Supply
Want to learn how dairy goats could be your key to a sustainable food supply? In this article, we cover everything you need to know about goat milk, from dairy goat breeds, to goat milking stands, buck goats, and how to care for goats. Learn more!
Feeding Rabbits Naturally:Growing and Making Your Own Rabbit Food
Instead of buying expensive, store-bought rabbit pellets, utilize the abundance of greens and weeds in your yard and feed your rabbits naturally.
Rural Revolution: How Hard Can It Be? The Dangers of Armchair Preparedness
By Patrice Lewis It’s been nine years. Nine long, frustrating, failing years … but at last, we have a garden. Not just any garden. We have a Big Garden. A survival garden. To achieve this minor miracle, we had to look outside the box and discard practically all conventional agriculture wisdom. For nine years we …
Deer Processing 301: How to Make Venison Sausage Recipes
The beauty of processing your own venison is that you determine what type of sausage your family will like. We make breakfast sausage, but this year we tried three different recipes (Italian sausage, farmer’s sausage, and breakfast sausage).
Deer Processing 201: Cleaning and Processing Venison Meat
We hunt to feed our family. We are trying to live self-sustainably and that means hunting for our own meat. There’s a process we follow to put fresh meat in the freezer. Learn how to carefully and correctly cut and package the deer meat.
Raising Meat Rabbits
Learn how and why raising meat rabbits is healthy, easy and affordable by someone who has been raising rabbits for meat for years. Learn the best meat rabbit breeds too.
Urban Gardening Tips and Ideas
Ever think of growing your own garden? You don’t need a large piece of land to get started, and gardening is proven to have health benefits such as stress relief and relaxation. So, why not take the plunge and try urban gardening?