All About Silkies, Nigerian Dwarf Goats & More
If you have backyard chickens, you probably get a lot of eggs and therefore, end up with a lot of eggshells. Do you have any uses for eggshells? What do you do with them all? Well, you’ve probably been just throwing them out.
If you have just been throwing your eggshells out, stop! We try to use everything on our homestead. And, there are several uses for eggshells that you can start with to keep from wasting them.
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If you are currently a homesteader or if you are thinking about starting a homestead, you may wonder how to make money farming or how to make money homesteading.
There are several ways to make money homesteading or farming . These can range from things that will make a little extra cash to things that could potentially replace your “traditional” job as your income….
So, you’ve made the decision to be more self-sufficient. Perhaps you have one or more of the following: a garden, backyard chickens for eggs, meat birds, dairy goats or cows, pigs. Of course as these ventures start to produce, you will want to learn how to use everything on your homestead so none of it goes to waste.
As you start to cultivate these ventures, it is likely you will face decisions on how to feed the animals, how to grow the garden and what to do with extras….
Getting gifts for farmers is tough business. Often times, minimalism comes along with the homesteading lifestyle. If you don’t need it, you probably don’t want it. This can prove a bit frustrating for your loved ones when the holidays come around and it’s time to buy gifts for farmers.
Fortunately there are some things that every homestead needs and most of them are useful all year round! So the next time your non-homesteading loved one asks what you want this holiday season, point them to this list of the top gifts for farmers that are useful ALL year round….
What summer farm activities should you be planning to keep your farm or homestead running smoothly?
As Spring turns to summer, it will get hotter out and all of the outside activities seem to head into full swing. Summer is usually a very busy time on a farm.
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We got our goats initially because we thought they were absolutely adorable and couldn’t imagine a world without them. Shortly after we started to wonder, “Can you make money raising goats?”
Surely, it’s a possibility. I mean, other people raise goats and seem to be doing just fine. Why can’t we? So, we started to look into the breeds we would want, the cost to purchase more goats, and the costs to keep them healthy and happy.
It was starting to look, with ALL of the expenses, like there was no way to make money raising goats.
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