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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

A ripe banana with its peel partially open, a rustic knife, and a glass bowl containing mashed banana and honey on a wooden surface.

Simple Living Skills

6 Easy Homemade Face Masks for Glowing, Healthy Skin

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

Backyard Gardening

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

A collection of essential first aid supplies, including gauze, adhesive tape, scissors, thermometer, bandages, and medication, displayed on a rustic wooden surface."

Simple Living Skills

Essential Guide to Assembling a First Aid Kit for Your Homestead

Many people see polenta in the health food store and just keep on walking, but you don't want to miss out on this awesome side dish substitute.

In the Kitchen

Polenta: A Gluten-Free Alternative to Grains

Solar cooking is an energy-efficient, set-and-forget method of cooking. Learn how to get started and what to expect from your solar oven.

In the Kitchen

Cooking With Help From the Sun {Solar Cooking}

Back to Eden Container Gardening: Small-Scale Permaculture

Backyard Gardening

Back to Eden Container Gardening: Small-Scale Permaculture

Two Californian meat rabbits on a wooden table with bushes in the background.

Homestead Animals

A Homestead Guide to Meat Rabbit Breeding Stock Selection

How does the modern homesteader manage to balance everything that needs to be done? Amazing organization. Simple living doesn't have to be hard.

Simple Living Skills

Organization for Busy Homesteaders {Printables}

Open book and cozy mug on a windowsill with a snowy background.

Homestead Inspiration

15 Must-Read Homesteading Books for Every Skill Level

Plant your produce in rich, healthy soil. Go a step further and choose organic and natural amendments to enhance your soil quality and correct imbalances.

Backyard Gardening

Organic Amendments for Healthy Soil

12+ Fun Ways to Upcycle Holiday Cards After the Season

Simple Living Skills

12+ Fun Ways to Upcycle Holiday Cards After the Season

Ducks actually have a couple of molting phases and each one looks different. The effects are most obvious in drakes. Spring, summer and fall molts.

Homestead Animals

Your Seasonal Guide to Duck Molting

How to Make Homemade Fire Cider for Cold & Flu Season

In the Kitchen · Simple Living Skills

How to Make Homemade Fire Cider for Cold & Flu Season

Black gold. It's essential in the garden. Most choose the bovine poo, but there are many manure options to choose from, each with their own unique benefits.

Backyard Gardening

What a load of… Manure

Me holding a house bunny in my hands against my chest.

Homestead Animals

Why You Should Consider Rabbits as Your Next Pet

A cheerful woman in denim overalls raising her finger as if making a point, with a hand holding a microphone toward her.

Homestead Inspiration

You Might Be a Homesteader If… (No Need to Say It)

A closeup of a dirty stovetop.

Simple Living Skills

Clean Your Stovetop and Oven Without Harsh Chemicals

Gardening supplies laid out on a wooden table.

Backyard Gardening

20 Gardening Hacks That Will Save You Time and Effort

This pumpkin dip turns ginger snaps into tiny little bites of pumpkin pie. It is beyond delicious and incredibly easy to make.

In the Kitchen

Ginger Snaps & Harvest Pumpkin Dip

A cracked open coconut with a jar of coconut oil and a spoon.

Simple Living Skills

42 Real-Life Uses for Coconut Oil Beyond the Kitchen

Mason jar feeders and waterers are great, but they can be hard to hang. Here is an easy crochet holder that will keep your feeder and waterer off the ground.

Homestead Animals

DIY Poultry Feed & Water Hanger

Like peas and carrots, chickens and gardens belong together (though not occupying the same space). Chickens want to work. Why not harness that natural instinct?

Homestead Animals

Let Your Chickens Do Your Composting

A wooden crate filled with fresh red and green apples, ideal for winter storage.

Backyard Gardening

Winter Food Storage: Keep Produce Fresh Through the Cold Months

I'm an outdoor garden person. It's where my thumb shines the greenest. These five tips have helped me keep my houseplants happy and healthy.

Backyard Gardening

Your Guide to Healthy Houseplants

Jars of homemade jelly flipped upside down on a red cloth as part of the inversion canning method.

In the Kitchen

Inversion Canning: Why “Old-Fashioned” Methods Aren’t Safe

A quirky quail chick looking at the camera.

Homestead Animals

What Is My Quail Doing? Quail Behavior That Might Freak You Out

My wife and I live an off-grid homestead lifestyle in Alaska because we prefer to live closer to nature, at a different pace from most of society.

Homestead Inspiration

Off-Grid in Alaska: Mark’s Story

Wooden clothespins on a cotton clothesline.

Simple Living Skills

Clothesline Efficiency: How to Dry Your Clothes Outside Like a Pro

Homemade cleaning products and cloth cleaning rags in a wooden crate.

Simple Living Skills

Make Your Own Cleaning Products with Common Household Items

Solar panels installed on the roof of a homestead surrounded by vibrant greenery and wildflowers on a sunny day.

Simple Living Skills

Solar Power for Your Homestead: Reliable Energy in Any Climate

Depending on where you live, any number of these predators may pose a problem for your flock. However, there are a number of ways to protect your chickens from the creatures.

Homestead Animals

How to Protect Your Backyard Chickens from Predators

Carrots in a burlap sack sitting out in the garden.

Backyard Gardening

Rooted Success: Growing Carrots with Open-Weave Burlap

Discover how to make "Little Devil" deviled quail eggs as well as other recipes made just for these tiny eggs. The rich flavors will have you begging for more.

In the Kitchen

Little Devils & Other Quail Egg Delicacies

Two coturnix quail on the ground with a clutch of eggs.

Homestead Animals

Raising Quail on the Ground In a Coop + Pen or In an Aviary

Bright yellow marigold flowers growing in a decorative pot.

Simple Living Skills

Natural Insect Repellents for Your Homestead

Often you see bloggers glorifying homestead living. I mean... simple living. How hard can it be to live simply? Maybe harder than you may think.

Homestead Inspiration

A Day of Homestead Living

A black Polish chicken out in the yard.

Homestead Animals

How to Find Out What Breed Your New Chicken Is: Combs + Feather Patterns

Close-up of powdery mildew on large gourd leaves, showing a white, powdery fungal growth.

Backyard Gardening

Baking Soda & Natural Treatments for Powdery Mildew

An older baby asleep in a bed of cabbage leaves.

Simple Living Skills

Suppressing Lactation: How Cabbage Leaves Can Help

Wild harvested dandelions with the roots still intact.

Backyard Gardening

Foraging Edible Plants Right Outside Your Door

Bold text reading 'Save Seeds & Printable Seed Packets' with vibrant images of vegetables, herbs, and flowers inside the letters.

Backyard Gardening

The Ultimate Seed Saving Guide and Printable Seed Packets