Planting a homestead orchard with fruit trees is simple. Here's how to choose a variety, successfully plant trees, and ensure your trees will set fruit.
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Planting A Homestead Orchard With Dwarf Fruit Trees

ByMaat van Uitert Reading Time: 5 minutes

Planting a homestead orchard with fruit trees was a priority as soon as we bought our farm. Our homestead already had a small pecan orchard planted, and to our delight there also was a young black walnut tree.  Our first year, we harvested over 100 pounds of pecans, and we couldn’t even gather them all there…

Honey's antibacterial properties for chickens
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Why Honey’s Antibacterial Properties Should Always Be In Your Chickens’ Emergency Kit

ByMaat van Uitert Reading Time: 7 minutes

Humans have known about honey’s antibacterial properties for centuries, and it’s something I turn to on the homestead to treat wounds on our chickens. For generations, our ancestors relied on honey’s antibacterial properties to treat their chickens as well as themselves. And our medical communities are rediscovering the power of honey as antibiotic-resistant bacteria becomes more…

Raising rabbits on your homestead for meat is a great way to have a consistent supply of lean, healthy meat. Rabbits are easy to keep and breed for even a beginner. Here's a look at our rabbits and what you need to know.
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Raising Rabbits On The Homestead For Beginners

ByMaat van Uitert Reading Time: 5 minutes

Raising rabbits on a homestead for their meat is not for everyone. Realistically, rabbits are usually kept as pets, and it’s hard for some people who haven’t ever butchered rabbits to make that mental shift towards looking at rabbits as a food source. But if you’re looking for a consistent, quick, easy source of lean…

Goat milk soap made without lye
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Make Goat Milk Soap Without Lye In Your Own Home! [Video Tutorial]

ByMaat van Uitert Reading Time: 4 minutes

You can’t make goat milk soap (or any soap) without lye, but I’ve shied away from it for the most part. While handling lye isn’t that dangerous (precautions are necessary but many people use it with goat milk without problems), I know a lot of you aren’t comfortable handling it. But the benefits of goat milk soap…

Use banana peels in your garden instead of throwing them away! Here's 10 ways to use banana peels in your garden. Easy projects you can do today! From FrugalChicken
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10 Ways To Use Banana Peels In Your Garden As Fertilizer

ByMaat van Uitert Reading Time: 8 minutes

If you have kids, you likely have a lot of banana peels floating around. Trashing them seems like kind of a waste so why not recycle them instead – in your garden. Did you know banana peels make one of the best fertilizers out there? I didn’t until I started researching it. Turns out, banana…

Don't throw these 5 items away! Create something healthy with them instead! Here's 5 homesteading hacks to turn items you usually toss into something frugal you'll use every day! From FrugalChicken
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Homesteading Hacks: Make Healthy Products With These 5 Items You Usually Toss (Plus Frugal Ways To Do It)

ByMaat van Uitert Reading Time: 6 minutes

Using every bit of something is satisfying, rather than letting it go to waste, isn’t it? On our homestead, we try to use every bit of an item or find an alternative use for it before tossing it in the trash. We’re frugal like that. Here’s 5 items you might otherwise throw away that you…