Homemade yogurt might just be my favorite thing to make on our homestead – it is delicious and so easy! Homemade yogurt us significantly better than storebought and making your own yogurt can also save you money. When our goats were producing milk, we made goat milk yogurt a few times a week and my […]
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Once you’ve collected sap from your maple trees, it’s time to turn your sap into syrup. In this article we’ll outline the process of how to boil maple syrup and share the exact method we’ve used for year to create delicious syrup on our small scale maple production. The biggest variations in how to boil
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Building a homestead require masting a number of skills that are no longer taught and are often not relevant in the mordern world. Because many of these skills are outside of everday use, it often takes more time than anticipated to get started building a homestead. As you embark on your homesteading journey, or continue
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Are you looking for the top tips for making maple syrup at home? We’ve got you covered! We’ve been making our own maple syrup on a small scale at home for over a decade and love tapping our trees each spring and making enough syrup for the whole year and some to share. In this
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Find the best maple taps and spiles for creating delicious maple syrup at home.
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Learn everything you need to know about how to make maple syrup, from tapping maple trees to boiling the maple sap into syrup.
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Learn more about making your own safe and green homemade cleaning supplies.
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Your winter homestead is the perfect place to plan and get ready for the season ahead.
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Bread is a staple on our homestead and this oatmeal honey bread is our favorite. We call this our everyday oatmeal honey bread, although we tend to baked it once or twice a week. We spread it with peanut butter, toast it with garlic, dip it in soup, and sometimes just eat it straight out
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One of the best things to come out of a fall garden is the pie pumkins. These versatile crops are often abundant and are perfect for making into soups and baked goods. Processing pumkins is easy and will make your house smell like fall. In this post we will walk your through the steps of
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