Everyday Homesteading

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about how we keep rabbits and deer out of the garden. For more information and more great Homesteading Family content, visit the website here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/ You k...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about root cellaring vegetables. We’ve been learning a lot about this topic as we’re currently building our in-ground root cellar. Here are some of our favorite resources.  For mor...

Why are organ meats healthy? What is Pluck, and why do we eat it almost daily? Learn more about nose-to-tail eating in this blog post and podcast interview with James from Pluck. For more information, visit the blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/nutritional-benefits-of-organ-meats-and-cooking-tips/ And to give Pluck a try, use this link and coupon code "EATHEALTHY" for 10% of...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about the tools that always go with me out into the garden. For more information and more great Homesteading Family content, visit the website here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about the wild game that we harvest near us (and what we put up for the year).  For more information and more great Homesteading Family content, visit the website here: https://hom...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about a good lung tonic. As with all herbal things, we can make a few recommendations, but you need to make sure it’s a good fit for your body and always check with your physician...

Homesteading with children sounds extremely difficult, especially for large families or those with younger children. The truth is, by teaching our children traditional skills at a young age, they'll become contributing members of and huge assets to the family as they get older. Let's discuss how to involve children on the homestead so that they learn to love it. Read more and listen to m...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about whether or not you can freeze raw milk. The short answer is YES! But listen to this episode for a couple of tricks when freezing milk for a better end result. For more inform...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about why we feed our chickens a pre-ground pellet mix instead of letting them forage for food the natural way.   For more information and more great Homesteading Family content, v...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about why we don’t breed out and hatch our own chicks… yet!  For more information and more great Homesteading Family content, visit the website here: https://homesteadingfamily.com...

What would we do if we didn't have access to chicken feed? How would we feed our chickens in hard times? Our guest Dalia from Chickenlandia is here to share her tips with us today. For more information and the show notes, visit the blog post here:  https://homesteadingfamily.com/what-to-feed-chickens-without-chicken-feed/ You know that every month, we send out a physical magazine to over 10,0...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about ordering sexed or straight-run meat chickens. Is there a benefit of getting males or females and what we do. For more information and more great Homesteading Family content,...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about how we put up 1400 pounds of chicken in one day! This question answers whether you can pressure can chicken the same day you butcher your chickens or if you have to pre-chill...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about storing a small amount of clabbered milk for longer periods of time if you want to take a break from making clabbered milk. For more information, links mentioned, and more gr...

Welcome back to another episode of the Pantry Chat: Food for Thought. In today’s episode, we’re discussing the reasons why we think the Kune Kune pig is the perfect homestead pig. We’ve raised many breeds in the past but never kept year-round pigs nor raised our own breeding stock… until now! With the Kune Kune pig, we can keep them year-round and raise a lot of pork as well as our year’s supply o...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about onion varieties and which are better for long-term storage vs. the fresh eating varieties. For more information, links mentioned, and more great Homesteading Family content,...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about how we grow and trellis tomatoes inside our DIY hoop house or bean tunnel. For more information, links mentioned, and more great Homesteading Family content, visit this blog...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about how much growing space we have here on the homestead. This is kind of a difficult question to answer, especially because we’re continually expanding every year in effort to g...

If you want to have a sustainable oil source (that's not from animal fats) then consider growing and pressing your own seed and nut oils. Join me with my guest Bevin Cohen from  @SmallHouseFarm as we break down everything you need to know about pressing your own seed and nut oils.  We're clarifying the misinformation that all seed oils are unhealthy, as well as discussing the supplies ne...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about planting perennials. Perennials are an essential part of our garden and food forests here on the homestead. We consider these kinds of crops as the retirement program on the...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about planting seeds densely vs planting at the spacing recommended on the seed packet. More than just germination rates, there are other reasons we like to plant densely! For more...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about growing food for our large family and ways we are expanding our gardens! Though we have added another baby at this point, we’re still trying to increase the amount of food we...

Rotational grazing is not a new concept. It's been around since creation. How to mimic nature and utilize these methods on a homestead has been taught very well by people such as Joel Salatin and Greg Judy. After years of studying, implementing, making adjustments, and narrowing down how to make these methods work on a smaller scale, we've finally found a flow that's making huge str...

We’re all busy and have a lot on our schedules, and sometimes we only have time for a quick podcast. Come listen to this podcast short as we answer your questions in a short amount of time.  Today’s podcast short is all about how to store canned food safely so it lasts as long as possible on the pantry shelf.  For more information, links mentioned, and more great Homesteading Family content, visit...

A few months ago, Josh and I had the opportunity to film an episode of a show called Discovering Home for Abundance Plus. If you are not familiar with this network, you need to check it out. Think of Abundance Plus like Netflix and Facebook for Homesteaders. It is good shows that are family friendly, so you won't mind your little ones watching along. They offer Netflix style docu-series, Mast...