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? Years ago when I was a kid, my parents installed a wood stove in our house. We always had a fireplace but this was just a bit different. For one, it actually heated the house. I’m sure it offset our heating bill in some way, but I was too young to care about…
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Many times when talking about the homestead we get so caught up in talking about gardening or our farm animals, that we forget about another way that we feed ourselves. Hunting and fishing provide a wonderful way to provide extra meals for our family. Every year my sons and I harvest deer and a…
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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…
We have all been there. Walking through your local feed store and placed strategically in the center are troughs full of chicks and ducks. They are all peeping away and oh so cute. Who hasn’t looked down at them and wanted to bring a few home? One day on the way home from work, I stopped for feed and couldn’t
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Every year when I look through the seed catalogs, I always come across a picture that grabs my attention. A picture of a vegetable taken at peak ripeness and in perfect light. Last year was no exception, and it was Baker Creek’s catalog cover that drew me in. It’s always the same. I look at the picture, turn to Tracy
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