In the US, rabbits are primarily thought of as pets, not as a food source. In the rest of the world, rabbits make up a large portion of the meat consumed by people. They are very easy to raise, can subsist on garden scraps and trimmings, and breed like, well, rabbits. Additionally, their manure is [...]
I know I have said it many times before, but the reason we made the big leap to start our own homestead was to raise the absolute best food possible. That is because we both really love to cook and eat and so do our kids. As much as we have loved buying from many [...]
Last weekend we got our yearly firewood delivery. We estimate that we will need four cords for the year, based on what we used for the half of last winter that we were here and had the wood stove. We got “green” wood which means the wood has not been completely dried out. Having stacked [...]
If you like to make bread, or if you have always been wanting to make bread but didn’t think you had the time, skills, etc, then you MUST get your hands on a copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. Here is a link to their blog [...]
We were finally able to contain the cows. After a week in their electrified paddock, the cows were moved to their permanent summer home. Mike and Jackson put up electric fence running from the back corner of the paddock, around behind the bee hives, and then over to join our fence on the other side [...]