Researching for a chicken plucker to assist in processing of our own meat chickens proved to be difficult. There just are not many reviews written for pluckers that aren’t from the more popular brands or unless the plucker is an Amazon find. Here is our unpaid and honest review of the Extra Large Pro Plucker…
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How to Open a Mobile Roadside Produce Stand for Your Overabundant Garden
If your summer garden is teeming with deliciously homegrown fruits and vegetables, more than your family can eat or preserve; consider a mobile roadside produce stand. This can help you make a little bit of extra money while offering your neighbors farm fresh and quality food ingredients. This post contains affiliate links, which means I…
The Radish: Ways to Love This Root Vegetable Well
The little round reddish-pink globes called radish are the most fun seed to sow in your garden for children and adults alike! Depending on the breed, this root vegetable grows very fast! Enjoy radish on a tossed salad, fermented and in Greek-inspired bowls, cook them down like a potato, or stir into a stir fry….
How to Raise Meat Chickens in the First Week
NOTE: What you are about to read may seem ludicrous to you. We are not professionals nor veterinarians. We are resourceful homesteaders using what we have to raise our own food in our own backyard. There may be wiser and better ways to raise meat chickens on the internet. This is simply the Johnson Home…
DIY Compost Bins to Create a Great Soil Amendment
One way to create your own or DIY compost bins is to use old trash cans. This composting method keeps critters and smell out, and the compost close to the house and kitchen for easy disposal of food scraps from your from-scratch-meal-making kitchen. Read on for how we use old trash cans to create rich…
A One Stop Guide to Raising Your Own Meat Birds
Raising your own meat birds isn’t super difficult but it isn’t exactly easy either. If it is a project that is on your family’s heart, my best suggestion is going to be to JUMP IN. But, try to be mostly prepared! Here is a one stop guide to raise your own meat birds with the…
How to Make Your Own Repurposed Seedling Name Tags for $0
It’s spring. The sun is shining, warm on your skin. You’re ready to get your hand dirty and soil shoved under your nails. It’s SEED SOWING TIME! Amid the excitement of sowing all the seeds, you write down the seed name on the edge of the seedling tray and keep sowing. On transplant day, you…
How to raise Cornish Cross baby birds outside in a chicken tractor protected from the elements
Raising your own meat birds to fill your freezers full of high quality meats means you’ll need to have a plan for how and where you’re going to raise them. From adorable little yellow fluff balls to bulky white dirty birds, meat birds need protection from the elements when raised on pasture. Since their favorite…
The Toxicity of Self-Sufficiency in Modern Homesteading
This is a big topic. One that may get some blow back from the homesteading world. But it’s a topic that needs more awareness. I am all for self-sufficiency lifestyles that are built on providing for yourself and your family such as through homesteading, gardening, farming, etc. However, in my few years of truly knowing…
Our First Year with a Back to Eden Garden Bed
Back to Eden is a term by Paul Gautschi who developed a garden method that uses the natural growing environment, the way God intended. After watching the documentary and sharing it far and wide with friends, we decided we had to give it a try. Here’s how our first year went with the Back to…
