Although it is still cold, spring has been in the air on the homestead. We have been starting seeds, making maple syrup, and our rooster has been active making baby chickens. We keep a small flock of chickens for egg production. Usually we have enough eggs to avoid buying any from the store. Last year one of our hens went
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Every Year when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around everyone thinks of corned beef, but here on the homestead we do it a little different. We make corned venison and it has now become sort of a tradition, which we love. We have no illusion that this is some sort of long lost traditional Irish meal. Much like Rome was not
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getting started A few years ago we decided to add honey bees to our homestead. We had noticed that they were absent from our garden and small orchard. And after a few years of poor apple crops we decided to take matters into our own hands. After months of research we took the plunge…
Our homestead is located in upstate New York, where the winter can drag on. By the time mid-March rolls around, we are getting the urge to start gardening. Like most people, we start seeds under grow lights. Seeing the seedlings emerge is wonderful, but it still does not allow us to get our hands in the ground. A great way
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If there is one thing that life on the homestead revolves around, it is food. We are always trying to grow more of it and we love to cook it. As hard as we try, there are always foods we enjoy that we can’t grow on the homestead. Every once in a while we treat ourselves to one of these
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