Everyday Homesteading

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...

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 arnica oil to maintain the most medicinal properties.  For more information, links mentioned, and more great Homesteading Family content, visit this blog post wi...

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 use a measuring stick in the garden! It’s a great time-saving hack.  For more information, links mentioned, and more great Homesteading Family content, visit this blog...

Welcome to another episode of the Pantry Chat. This week we have Noah Sanders from @RedeemingtheDirtNoahSanders with us to help us troubleshoot common compost problems. For answers to even more compost problems as well as to the most FAQs on my compost videos, check out the blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/home-c... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MORE ABOUT US! WELCOME! We're so glad you'...

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 supplies needed for a dairy cow. For more information on what to do with raw milk, check out this blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/what-to-do-with-raw-milk/...

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 about the difference between active dry yeast and instant dry yeast. Check out our Pantry Chat podcast for more of these podcast shorts! You know that every month, we send out a physic...

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 compost for long-term so it doesn’t leech nutrients. If you don’t have a large shed or barn to store your compost, these are our tips.  For more information, links me...

It's been a while since we've been here for our Pantry Chat, especially the Q&A sessions. Carolyn is two months postpartum and little Nathaniel is a champ of a baby. Come join us as we sit in the sunny pasture and get back into the groove of the Pantry Chat podcast. (If you'd like to listen to the podcast, check out the blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/pantry-chat-...

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 using a comfrey compress for healing broken bones.  For more information, links mentioned, and more great Homesteading Family content, visit the blog post here: https://homes...

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 restoring the soil and getting rid of chemicals from fields that have previously been sprayed. How long will it take, can you use the ground in the meantime, and our recommen...

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 differences in raw milk products, what they’re called and the difference in terminology between homemade dairy products and store-bought.  For more information, links men...

Join me in this Pantry Chat episode with Patrick Roherman from  @MTknives as we discuss all things sharp. For more information, check out the blog post that accompanies this video: https://homesteadingfamily.com/knife-sharpening-basics/ Check out Patrick's Knife Sharpening class inside the School of Traditional Skills here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/STS_Member_n TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Chit...

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 keep cats and other pests out of the garden. Though we haven’t perfected this, here are some of our tips. For more information, links mentioned, and more great Homeste...

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 talking all about the pros and cons of adding blood to your compost piles. For many people who butcher their own meat, this is often something we need to dispose of. But what if this b...

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 talking all about four different methods for starting an early spring garden. Including which crops work best when planted in the early spring, when you can plant (depending on your we...