If your planning on raising animals or growing crops on your farm or homestead… YOU NEED FENCING! But what kind of fencing? That depends a lot on what you will grow! Watch this video to get you off on the right foot!
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How an Hour at the Farmer’s Market Can Change Your Life
If you want to have a successful homestead, one with healthy animals and vibrant crops, and you want to enjoy your time homesteading, you need to take off Saturday morning. This Saturday. That is if there is a farmers market in season. If you’re reading this and it’s winter, well, look hard. Winter markets are […]
Avoid the Mistake that Will Cost You Your Homestead
Homesteaders Burn Out all the Time Burnout. It is very common in this pasture to plate, backyard farm, homesteady movement. People watch Food, Inc, vow to never support CAFOs, go plant a garden, buy some meat chickens… and 3 years later sell all their chicken butchering equipment on Craigslist. Why? Homesteading can seem super fun […]
What does Mt. Everest, the Oregon Trail, and Mordor have in common with Homesteading?
Mt Everest. Ever heard of it? Of course you have. The world’s highest mountain. The top of the world. There are only a handful of people who have can say they have made that journey to the top. Want to know how to do it? Ill tell you. You just take 58,070 steps. Thats it. […]
3 Big F’s on why you NEED to start a farm NOW
Easy… This is a G rated blog… PG during the breeding season. These just happen to start with F. The 3 F Reasons you should start a backyard farm 1. Fun- You know you want to live at a petting zoo… Raising chicks makes you feel like you’re back in second grade. Watching baby goats […]
5 Reasons Farmers Beat Preppers
Prepping has captured a lot of press lately. Between Nat-Geos show, the whole zombie thing, and numerous blogs and podcasts covering the subject, it seems that everyone has started digging their own bunker in the backyard. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with being prepared. I just feel that farming is the better […]
