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Fresh Russian carrot salad, topped with fresh parsley, in a white bowl on a wooden table.

In the Kitchen

Quick & Easy Koreiskaya Morkovka Russian Carrot Salad Recipe

Goat Hoof Care: How to Trim Goat Hooves Correctly + Goat Hoof Health

Homestead Animals

Goat Hoof Care: How to Trim Goat Hooves Correctly + Goat Hoof Health

White baby rabbit in grass.

Homestead Animals

The Ultimate Guide to Breeding Meat Rabbits for Sustainability

Two glass jars of homemade cough syrup made with raw honey, set on a white wooden surface.

Simple Living Skills

Best Homemade Cough Medicine with Pantry Staples

Tips for Making the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies You’ve Ever Made

In the Kitchen

Tips for Making the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies You’ve Ever Made

How to House-Train A Rabbit: A Simple 4-Step Guide

Homestead Animals

How to House-Train A Rabbit: A Simple 4-Step Guide

A Guide to Homemade Leaf Mold: Nature’s Free Compost

Backyard Gardening

A Guide to Homemade Leaf Mold: Nature’s Free Compost

Lemon Pasta Recipe: A Delicious And Easy Meal

In the Kitchen

Lemon Pasta Recipe: A Delicious And Easy Meal

Easy And Flavorful Homemade Tomato Paste Recipe

In the Kitchen

Easy And Flavorful Homemade Tomato Paste Recipe

A steel mixing bowl filled with peeled tomatoes beside a plate of tomato peels.

In the Kitchen

How to Peel Tomatoes Without Boiling or Ice Bath

A large black rubber bucket filled with sticks and a rake sitting next to the wood pile.

Backyard Gardening

How To Prepare Your Garden For Winter: An 8-Step Guide

A closeup of my homemade lip scrub in a quarter pint mason jar sitting on a fluffy white bath towel.

Simple Living Skills

12 Homemade Lip Scrubs Recipes to Exfoliate at Home

How To Make Hot Chocolate (With Ingredients You Likely Have On Hand)

In the Kitchen

How To Make Hot Chocolate (With Ingredients You Likely Have On Hand)

Elderberry Syrup: A Delicious Guide To Making Your Own

Simple Living Skills

Elderberry Syrup: A Delicious Guide To Making Your Own

A closeup view of the potato, garlic, and leek soup in a shallow white bowl on an orange tablecloth. Soup is garnished with sour cream and chives.

In the Kitchen

Easy 5-Ingredient Potato Soup (Freezer-Friendly & Gluten-Free)

Why You Should Raise a Guinea Fowl Flock on Your Homestead

Homestead Animals

Why You Should Raise a Guinea Fowl Flock on Your Homestead

A watercolor illustration of a milk jug greenhouse sitting in the snow with green seedlings growing inside. Snowy trees are in the background.

Backyard Gardening

Winter Sowing: The Easiest Way to Start Seeds in Cold Weather

How to Make Vapor Rub with Essential Oils

Simple Living Skills

How to Make Vapor Rub with Essential Oils

A cooked spaghetti squash on a cutting board with a fork making noodles.

In the Kitchen

How to Freeze Spaghetti Squash and Keep It Fresh

A Hardening Off & Transplanting Guide

Backyard Gardening

A Hardening Off & Transplanting Guide

Backyard chickens enjoying produce scraps in the yard.

Homestead Animals

Ruffling Feathers: Celebrating the Diverse Ways to Raise Chickens

Weeding & Fungi in Your Back to Eden Garden

Backyard Gardening

Weeding & Fungi in Your Back to Eden Garden

The Theory Behind Back to Eden Gardening

Backyard Gardening

The Theory Behind Back to Eden Gardening

A graphic of a hugelkultur garden bed.

Backyard Gardening

Hugelkultur: Permaculture Raised Beds

Burning saplings and yard waste in a burn barrel on a sunny day.

Simple Living Skills

Burn Barrel 101: Why You Need One on Your Homestead

A handful of Coturnix quail chicks in a bunch of different colors.

Homestead Animals

How to Incubate Quail Eggs & Brood Quail Chicks Like a Pro

Sunflowers in a tin pail sitting on a table on the porch.

Homestead Animals

Help Livestock Deal with Summer Heat on the Homestead

Simply Sourdough: The Ultimate Recipe Roundup

In the Kitchen

Simply Sourdough: The Ultimate Recipe Roundup

Litter Box Material for Angora Rabbits That Won’t Get Trapped in Fur

Homestead Animals

Litter Box Material for Angora Rabbits That Won’t Get Trapped in Fur

Do-it-Yourself Chalkboard Planter {An Easy Weekend Craft}

Simple Living Skills

Do-it-Yourself Chalkboard Planter {An Easy Weekend Craft}

Decadent Triple Chocolate Brownie Recipe

In the Kitchen

Decadent Triple Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Chickens in a fenced-in run with sand bedding.

Homestead Animals

Why Sand Is the Best Bedding for Your Chicken Coop + Run

We are looking to expand our homestead by purchasing a gorgeous farm that has everything (except pasture). That's fine for the goats I already have, but it simply doesn't work for my dreams of fiber sheep and a guard llama. With a technique called silvopature, I might just be able to make this work.

Homestead Animals

Creating a Silvopasture to Benefit Your Farm & Goats

A variety of garden tools hung up in a greenhouse.

Backyard Gardening

Must-Have Garden Tools for a Thriving Garden This Season

Some tips for using slow cookers and an Instapot, plus plenty of recipes to keep your dinners covered whenever the need arises.

In the Kitchen

Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Meals for Dinner

Delicious Chocolate Pudding Pie with Chocolate Crust & Whipped Cream

In the Kitchen

Delicious Chocolate Pudding Pie with Chocolate Crust & Whipped Cream

Window washing is the worst. It's laborious and you get the whole thing done and sit to relax only to realize there are streaks all over the place. Ugh.

Simple Living Skills

Window Washing: The Trick to Ridiculously Clean Windows

Homemade fudge is a holiday staple. A good fudge melts in your mouth. The best fudge melts in your mouth and can be whipped up in five minutes or less.

In the Kitchen

5-Minute Homemade Fudge (with lots of variation suggestions)

Many people aren’t raising goats to earn massive profit, but taking stock of cost versus benefit is essential to making the most of your time and money.

Homestead Animals

Raising Goats on the Homestead – Assessing Expenses

A variety of herbal preparations including capsules, an amber tincture bottle, and a bowl with fresh herbs, set against a vibrant green background.

Simple Living Skills

Herbal Tea, Tincture, or Capsule? How to Take Your Herbs

Backyard ducks hanging out beside a pond.

Homestead Animals

5 Reasons You Need Backyard Ducks on Your Homestead

Carrot seed packets with seeds spread around them.

Backyard Gardening

Your Guide to Reading and Understanding a Seed Packet