Every month I do an unboxing and an update of my ButcherBox order. If you’ve never heard of ButcherBox, it’s a subscription box that with organic, grass-fed beef, pork, and chicken. The animals are humanely and sustainably raised. It’s become extremely popular with homesteaders who can’t necessarily raise their own livestock (cattle for instance) but…
Did you plant cloves of spicy-smelling garlic and now you’re wondering how to store garlic long term? Garlic is a wonderful addition to any garden, and it’s a wonderful sense of satisfaction harvest it – especially after you cure it and realize you won’t be needing to buy garlic from the grocery store anymore! The…
It’s the end of the growing season for tubers – and you’re probably wondering how to cure and store potatoes for long term storage. Curing potatoes is a simple process….and it is very necessary if you want your potatoes to stay edible into the winter. By now, if you haven’t harvested your tubers, the green…
We all know fresh eggs are best, but we also need to know just how long they last. Follow me to find out – the last one to finish reading is a rotten egg… We’ve made the mistake every so often of forgetting that we left eggs on the counter, or one of the kids…
A common question I’m asked by new owners is “do raccoons eat chickens?” Unfortunately, I’m usually contacted by someone after they find their chickens dead in their coop, and they can’t figure out what attacked their birds. So, do raccoons eat chickens? The short answer is yes. Although we love our chickens and view them…
Are you staring at a bunch of over-enthusiastic tomato plants in your garden and wondering how to ripen green tomatoes without losing them to frost now that summer is over? At the end of summer, there’s always a few green tomatoes that haven’t yet started to turn red. While you can always pluck them off…
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