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Mixed Berry Jam with Raspberries, Strawberries, and Blueberries

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Mixed Berry Jam with Raspberries, Strawberries, and Blueberries

Homesteaders are growing food, cooking with it, and preserving it. You may think you don’t have the space or time, but I assure you, you can do it.

Backyard Garden

There’s No Reason to NOT be Growing Food

A bowl and wooden spoon with washing soda in them.

Homestead Living

The Simple Method to Make Your Own Washing Soda

A cute dog trying to get treats out of a fabric bag.

Homestead Animals

How to Make Bark-Worthy Apple Oatmeal Homemade Dog Treats

A graphic illustrating all of my favorite green cleaners.

Homestead Living

2024’s 7 Best Green Cleaners for Your Home (and 4 to avoid)

Herbs growing on a sunny windowsill.

Backyard Garden

A Guide to Growing Food Indoors for Harvests Year-Round

Are you ready to try feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) for migraines instead of grabbing for Excedrin? A tincture is an easy way to get started.

Homestead Living

Feverfew for Migraines: A Multipurpose Medicinal Herb

Original homesteaders left the comfort of their lives, looking for a better life. The desire for a better life is what ties them to us modern homesteaders.

Inspiring Homesteads

Being a Modern Homesteader is a State of Mind

Traditional shampoos can be harsh and dry out your hair. Learn why you should use dry shampoo and get some recipes so you can easily make it yourself.

Homestead Living

The Best DIY Dry Shampoo for Light or Dark Hair

A cast iron pan of apple crumble laying on a wooden table with apples and cinnamon sticks.

Real Food

Quick and Easy Gluten-Free Apple Crumble

A close up of curry made with homemade masala and a small bowl of white rice.

Real Food

Traditional Fijian Indian Curry from Scratch + Masala Recipe

A milk pail and milk jug on a picnic table outside.

Homestead Animals

There Are 100 Ways to Milk a Goat – Find the Right Way for You

A compost bin with food scraps falling out of it with a teal background.

Backyard Garden

Composting for Beginners: The Ultimate Starter Guide

A newborn Nigerian dwarf goat.

Homestead Animals

What to Expect When Your Goat is Pregnant and Laboring

A very pregnant Nigerian dwarf dairy goat standing out in the field.

Homestead Animals

What to Expect When You’re Breeding Your Dairy Goats

1 to 1. That's the average ratio of fruit to sugar in most jam recipes. Can you make a delicious jam without sugar or sweetener? Why yes you can!

Real Food

How to Can Jam Without Sugar or Honey

A yellow duckling hatching out of an egg.

Homestead Animals

How to Achieve High Hatch Rates with Duck Eggs in Your Incubator

I love the simplicity of these crochet Christmas ornaments. It’s perfect to add a little something extra to your tree. Enjoy DIYing your holiday season.

Homestead Living

Easy DIY Crochet Christmas Ornaments

Christmas Decorating on a Budget: Santa-Approved Holiday Crafts

Homestead Living

Christmas Decorating on a Budget: Santa-Approved Holiday Crafts

There’s no doubt that winter is nearly here. These warming winter soup recipes will take the chill off even the coldest day.

Real Food

Best Winter Soup Recipes to Warm You Up

Roast beef sitting in green beans in the slow-cooker.

Real Food

2-for-1 Slow Cooker Beef Roast plus Bonus Bean Soup!

How to Dry Your Homegrown Herbs Quickly & Easily with a Dehydrator

Real Food

How to Dry Your Homegrown Herbs Quickly & Easily with a Dehydrator

How to Prepare Your Homestead for the Winter Season

Homestead Living

How to Prepare Your Homestead for the Winter Season

Naming Your Dairy Goat for ADGA Registration [all the rules]

Homestead Animals

Naming Your Dairy Goat for ADGA Registration [all the rules]

Animal enrichment is activities that create a more stimulating environment for the animals and elicit some of their natural behaviors.

Homestead Animals

What is Enrichment? How It’s Important for Livestock

Water conservation has a great number of benefits. The homestead is ripe for opportunities to save water. Here are a just a few to get you started!

Backyard Garden

24 Easy Water Conservation Tips for the Homestead

My homestead is not a theme park, petting zoo, or quaint local tourist spot. It is my home. Here's the reasons why you can't just stop by unannounced.

Inspiring Homesteads

My Homestead: Why You Can’t Come Unannouced

20 Creative & Inspiring Milk Jug Crafts: Upcycling Ideas

Homestead Living

20 Creative & Inspiring Milk Jug Crafts: Upcycling Ideas

Flax seed crackers arranged on a wooden plate with a wooden spoon full of flax seeds.

Real Food

A Recipe for Healthy Flax Seed Crackers in the Dehydrator

Make Your Own Herbal Goat Treats with Flax & Supplements

Homestead Animals

Make Your Own Herbal Goat Treats with Flax & Supplements

Anyone can plant pretty flowers, but it takes time and effort to maintain a garden and keep it looking beautiful day after day.

Backyard Garden

How to Keep Your Garden Looking Great

Slicing tomatoes growing on the vine in my garden.

Backyard Garden

10 Tips for Growing Lush, Bountiful Tomato Plants

I’ve been experimenting with natural ways to keep mosquitoes away for a few years, and I’ve found a few things that work for me.

Homestead Living

Ways to Keep Mosquitoes Away Naturally

A stack of homemade butter blocks.

Homestead Animals

4 Ways to Make Homemade Butter from Raw Milk (Cow or Goat)

I really, really don’t like ants. That being said, as a lover of bees and other beneficial insects, I am always incredibly reluctant to use pesticides.

Homestead Living

Get Rid of Ants Naturally With These Tips

Are you getting ready to add fiber rabbits to your backyard farm? Rabbits are the perfect choice for someone who wants to start producing their own fibers.

Homestead Animals

Raising Fiber Rabbits – What You Need to Know

Gardeners and farmers have hard-working hands that need TLC. This homemade hand cream helps moisturize and soothe rough, achy hands.

Homestead Living

Soothing & Healing Hand Cream for Farmers/Gardeners

A bottle of hard apple cider on a wooden table with apples around it.

Real Food

A Beginner’s Guide to Brewing Hard Apple Cider at Home

If you’re feeling bloated and you’re looking for a way to detox your body, these healthy hot drinks and herbal teas may be the solution.

Real Food

Hot Drinks & Teas That Will Help You Detox

Disbudding, the procedure of burning off the horns, is unpleasant. Every time we disbudded our goat kids we would ask ourselves, Is this necessary?

Homestead Animals

Pros and Cons of Disbudding Your Goat

Making a facial mask at home is really easy. Enjoy a homemade spa experience for less than $1. I bet most of the ingredients are right in your kitchen.

Homestead Living

6 Healthy Homemade Facial Masks

Hyssop: Why You Need to Make Some Space for This Herb

Backyard Garden

Hyssop: Why You Need to Make Some Space for This Herb