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So glad you’re here! You’ll find real food recipes and us sharing traditional skills we’ve discovered for one acre homesteading in North Carolina.
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How to raise a year’s worth of meat chickens in your yard for your family and more!
You can stock your freezer full of meat when you learn how to work with what you’ve got. Small scale meat chickens is…
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The best from scratch kitchen hacks you really need to know
From scratch cooking can be a daunting task if cooking isn’t something you find at least a little joy in. However, when you’re…
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Easy Side Dish for the Cookout: Homemade Baked Beans
In this from scratch homemade baked beans recipe, these beans are sweet and savory with hints of smoky, coffee-infused bacon bits and onions….
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The Best Fruit Jams to Put in Your Pantry
A round up of fruit jams that anyone can stock their pantry with regardless if they have the backyard homestead, fruit orchard, or…
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Honest review of the Strombergs 14.5 Gallon Poultry Scalder
This honest review is provided by Johnson Home NC blog, real backyard chicken growers. We paid for this equipment ourselves; it was not…
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