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Freeze Dryer Breaks Down During Harvest!
Why You Need a Spare Parts Kit and Lots of Trays Freeze drying is a great way to preserve food. It is much easier than pressure canning while preserving more of the food value. A pressure canner is...
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Make Your Own Chicken Feed
One great way to save money, it is not that difficult Last year we started mixing our own chicken food. The journey towards making our own food started with researching how others make their own DIY...
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Ivermectin – How Safe is It Really?
Should you take it? Or run away? Ivermectin Toxic or Not? Here is some great info that you may not see too many places. Do some research and then you make the decision for yourself. Chris Maretenson...
View ArticleHike and Talk #2 – How NOT Talking Politics and Religion Leads to Economic Ruin
Lets talk about how self-censorship and censorship in general drives societal failure. I am walking from the cypress swamp back to the Family Camping area while making this podcast. Walk with me and...
View ArticleMillpond State Park, NC – Tour of the Family Camping Area
Lets walk through and take a look at every campsite in the Family Camping area. If you are trying to figure out which site to select. This might be a good start. I also take you down the connector...
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Improve Your Food Security
Lets take a few minutes and talk about how to improve your food security and your food supply foot print. You don’t have to be completely reliant upon the grocery store. Lets talk about some ways to...
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Making Horseradish
My wife and I have this love / hate relationship dynamic with horseradish. We only eat a small amount of it, but we have several family members and friends that really like it. We mostly use it in...
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Shopping List – Main Items that you need to preserve food
Why – Cost of Food is Increasing, Availability is Decreasing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-10/price-shock-at-the-meat-counter-worsens-u-s-inflation-jitters – as an example beef is up...
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Covering the HugelKultur Mound
Let’s start off with what is a Hugelkultur mound. Here is a great video that explains Hugelkultur Our First Hugelkultur Mound Hugelkultur mound in the garden at our house We built our first...
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New Tractor, Putting Up Blackberry Trellis and A-Frames
Getting a farm up and going has been a big project. Sometimes it seems like the world has gone crazy, but on the farm there is a peace and serenity. We’re getting ready for growing season and the...
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2022 Spring Homestead Experience
What a busy few days. When it comes to homesteading there is always a lot to learn and share. We worked on the following: installed an anti-deer fenceinstalled 15 elderberry plants with a...
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Getting Ready for Spring – Putting Down Hay and Weedblocker
The weather on Saturday was kinda crazy. It started out fairly warm and then just kept getting colder. Sometimes You Can’t Do What You Plan We had planned to plant beets, peas and radish. The plan was...
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Meanwhile on the farm, mayapples and the preparations continue..
The Mayapples are up and thriving. We noticed the fruit starting to form. We are hoping to try the fruit this year, assuming we can beat the deer and raccoons from eating it first. Mayapples patch The...
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Almost Time to Plant
It is the time of year where you never know if it is going to be an 80 degree day or a 40 degree day. We are still getting ready to start planting our summer garden. This was also the first time I...
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Planting Time
The last two days have been a blur. We have been busy. Even with 4 people on the farm working hard, we still have more stuff to do before everything is been planted. We are on still on a rapid...
View ArticleWhy You Probably Aren’t Planting a Garden / You Can Farm
This year has been a challenging year when it comes to supply chain issues and inflation. The rising price of gas and food has impacted all of us at some level. People with the least disposable income...
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The Food Forest is Growing
Our food forest is starting to grow with the warmer weather. Here are some pictures Elderberries are taking off and even trying to spread Blackberries in bloom So pleased with the blackberries,...
View ArticleGemba Walk after Mowing
Lets take a walk around the farm and see what is growing! One of the topics that comes up in the video is the concept of imposing my will on the farm. Planning for the growing season requires creating...
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Rolling with the Challenges on the Farm
Some days are easier than others. Being flexible helps turn a frustrating day into a productive and happy one! The zero turn is fixed and the garlic bed is weeded and hay put down around the garlic....
View ArticleGrow Your Own Food – Protect Your Community from Tyrants
Sounds crazy, but it you were a tyrant, how could you get control of a nation. How to lose control of your life and liberty create a food shortage or make food so expensive people can’t afford itgive...
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