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10 Ways to Effectively Kill Weeds in your Garden Naturally

March 20, 2019 by Brenda Leave a Comment

10 ways to effectively kill weeds in your garden naturally, yellow background, picture of dandelion and weeds

Some gardeners have long growing seasons, some have short growing seasons.  Some have great dirt and some have sand, clay and other types of challenges.

Filed Under: HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, FALL FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES, SUMMER FAVORITES Tagged With: Controlling weeds naturally, gardening, How to kill weeds, Weeds

Important Tips ~ After Goat Kids are Born

March 13, 2018 by Brenda Leave a Comment

Important tips after the kids are born, mama goat yawning with 2 new babies laying with her

After your goats have their kids.  Here are some important tips to care for the doe and the kids.

Filed Under: Animals, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES, SUMMER FAVORITES Tagged With: farm animals, farm life, goat, homesteading, Idaho, kidding, mastitis, milking, preventing mastitis, raising goats, Tips for kidding

How to out smart broody hens

June 15, 2016 by Brenda Leave a Comment

Silkie white chicken in the barnyard with baby chicks

Chickens are so comical. I love to sit, relax and watch them any chance I get. To me, it is so calming to watch them peck and scratch the ground and wander around doing chicken things. Recently there was no-one in the chicken yard. Just Henry

Filed Under: Poultry, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES Tagged With: brooding, broody hens, chicks, DIY chickens, hatching out eggs, hen, hen house, hens, homegrown eggs, poultry

Tips on how Much Hay to Feed a Goat

February 27, 2020 by Brenda Leave a Comment

Goat eating hay out of a wooden feeder

When it comes to feeding an animal there are many variations to decide the amount of feed to give them daily. Here are a few tips to think about when you are deciding how much to feed your goat.

Filed Under: Animals, FALL FAVORITES, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES, SUMMER FAVORITES, WINTER FAVORITES Tagged With: how to feed a goat

Tips for Planting Carrots

March 15, 2016 by Brenda 2 Comments

A bundle of carrots harvested

Tips for planting carrots to help your garden become a very rewarding experience. I love to get outside and play in the dirt.

Filed Under: Gardening, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES Tagged With: carrot tips, carrots, DIY gardening, garden, growing carrots, homegrown gardening, homesteading, homesteading tips, Idaho, organic carrots

How to make Raspberry Honey

August 29, 2016 by Brenda 10 Comments

old fashioned jar of raspberry honey

In a restaurant in Idaho, we have enjoyed Raspberry  Honey on a nice hot scone.  Yum makes my mouth water just to think about it.  I would have to say my favorite part is the Raspberry honey.  

Filed Under: Preserving Food, Cooking, FALL FAVORITES, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES, SUMMER FAVORITES, WINTER FAVORITES Tagged With: cooking, DIY, DIY Cooking, gardening, homemade bread, honey, infusion, raspberries, Raspberry honey, recipe, scones, sweet, topping

Cowboys – Waxed cotton Rope

September 20, 2016 by Brenda 2 Comments

Waxed Cotton Rope

Cowboy’s waxed cotton ropes.  When you are branding a large herd of cattle it takes every hand you can get, right down to the smallest buckaroo. For most ranch families, working cows means many long days of hard work.

Filed Under: Animals, FALL FAVORITES, Farming, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES, SUMMER FAVORITES Tagged With: branding, buckaroo, calves, cattle, cow, Cowboy, cows, horses, ranch hand, ranch rope, rodeo, saddle, tack, waxed cotton, waxed cotton rope, working cows

10 Time Saving Ideas for Homesteaders

June 29, 2017 by Brenda Leave a Comment

10 Time saving ideas with a clock

After talking with many homesteaders I found one of the things they struggle with the most is time.  My son always says  “I ran out of day!”  I think we would find this problem with homesteaders, farmers, ranchers, parents and many other people on any given day.

Filed Under: Animals, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES Tagged With: chores, farm, farming, getting things done, homesteading, more time, organization, organize, ranch, ranching, saving time, time, time management, time saving ideas

Disbudding Kids, Easy and Quick

July 3, 2017 by Brenda 6 Comments

Little brown baby goat

I love baby goat kids, but I hate disbudding them.  It seems like in farming there is always something you really don’t like to do.  I guess you have to do the things you don’t like, so you can still have the fun and enjoy the rest.  My really good friend dis-budded the babies for…

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Filed Under: Animals, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES, SUMMER FAVORITES Tagged With: buckling, caring for goats, dehorning goats, disbudding, disbudding kids tips, doeling, farm, farm animals, goat kids, goats, how to disbud goat kids

Is a Garden Really Worth It?

August 30, 2017 by Brenda Leave a Comment

Beautiful vegetable garden with flowers mixed in

When it really comes down to it, is a garden really worth it.  I guess you will have to decide.  

Filed Under: Gardening, HOMESTEADING FAVORITES, SPRING FAVORITES Tagged With: garden, garden benefits, gardening in Idaho, growing a garden, homesteading, teaching kids to work

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