Well, that was a cold and terrible winter! So much has happened and I have failed to update the blog. Last I left off, I had built a Greenhouse adaptation to the Bunny Barn to get them through the cold winter, and it was a huge help (until the days warmed up a bit too […]
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It has been since Thanksgiving that I last posted, and I now want to update what I have done on the homestead since then. The first upgrade was changing my Bunny Barn to a sort-of Greenhouse. Below is an image of what it previously looked like. I had originally built this small structure with a
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I hope you all had as wonderful of a Thanksgiving as we did! This was the first year I raised turkeys myself. In early August, I was able to secure 4 young turkeys that were born in late July. (I need to be better about taking pictures, as the earliest I have pictures of the
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A Simple Way to Preserve the Heat of Your Harvest Learn how to make hot pepper powder at home. Dry, grind, and store your peppers for year-round flavor and zero waste. Making hot pepper powder is just one more way to utilize the left over hot peppers at the end of the season. Learning how
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October 27, 2025 NurseWang 1:44 pm Diet, Harvest, Recipe Hot peppers. I don’t know why I love to grow them so much. I am not a pepperhead. I don’t go chasing the hottest of peppers…Although now I say that, I certainly have grown some of the hottest peppers available: Ghost peppers, Carolina Reapers… But I
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Why Raising Chickens Is Worth It When I first decided to raise chickens, my goals were simple: to produce fresh, healthier eggs and to learn how to manage animals responsibly. What started as a small project quickly became one of the most rewarding parts of homesteading. Chickens are not only a great source of food
(Warning: Graphic photos ahead) It began with a message from a neighbor I’d met through a small farming group online. She had a handful of chickens that needed processing but not the time, tools, or help to do it. The birds were long past their ideal date, and feed costs were stacking up. She reached
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For decades, we have been told that cholesterol is the enemy, that fat clogs arteries, and that lowering LDL is the key to heart health. Dr. Paul Mason challenges that story. He points out that the “lipid hypothesis” has never been proven and that higher LDL often correlates with longer life, not shorter. What we
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In this talk, rancher and soil builder Gabe Brown shares how a series of hard years turned him from a conventional farmer into one of the leading voices for regenerative agriculture. After losing his crops four years in a row, he could no longer afford chemicals or fertilizers, and that forced him to pay attention
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A Day in the Life on the Homestead This week, I received 4 truck-loads of wood chip mulch from local tree companies. I get these chips free, as often these companies have to pay to drop their chips off at dumping sites. So, whenever I am in need, I reach out to a few companies
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