There are a many ways to prepare ground venison. Ground venison is very flexible and by adding a few spices you can really change its flavor profile. One of our favorite ground venison dishes is venison meatballs. Over the years, this recipe has evolved. In the beginning, we treated the meat as if it were beef, but it still tasted
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On our homestead, we are always looking for ways to save time and money. This project did both. Last fall I received the best gift a gardener could ever hope for, a green house. It was a 6’x8′ un-heated greenhouse from Harbor Freight. Before the snow began to fly, we built a base and assembled the greenhouse. We even made
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If you have read our blog before, you know that we love to start new traditions. Several years ago my sons and I started one of my favorite traditions. Every year during the ice fishing season we try to catch enough fish to feed us through all of the Fridays during Lent. We don’t eat meat on Fridays during lent,
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Often when things quiet down for a minute on the homestead, we take on a new challenge. This usually happens in late winter, when we have had enough of the snow. We just want to stay by the wood stove drinking coffee all day. A few years back we decided to try our hand at making our own sausage. Because
Read moreOne of the most important buildings on any homestead is the chicken coop. On our homestead we eat eggs every morning. Pound for pound the chicken coop is the undisputed champion of providing meals. Our coop is located where we can see it from our back door. So when it came time to build it we knew it had to
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