Are you ready to raise quails? Start by incubating quail eggs to get started! This year, we added quail to our homestead on a whim – when you’re offered fertilized quail eggs in a trade for seeds, take it! – and I started my journey by incubating quail eggs. It’s considerably easier than I expected….
Listening to homesteading podcasts is one of the best ways to learn more while you’re busy! I love podcasts, and I don’t hide that love. Nearly every day, you’ll catch me listening to one or two, ranging in topics from gardening and crime to homeschooling and news. I also have plenty of homesteading podcasts on…
If you want to make money homesteading, one of the first things you should do is figure out how to make money with chickens. Once you start raising chickens, it’s natural to consider how you can make money with chickens. You spend a lot of time creating their home and taking care of them, so…
If you’re looking for other ways to preserve your fresh strawberries, making dehydrated strawberries is a delicious and easy snack to make for your family. Having a dehydrator is a fantastic investment for your family; you can dehydrate almost any type of food. I love dehydrating strawberries when they’re in season – you’ll find that…
Homesteading isn’t for the rich, so if you want to start a homestead from scratch with no finances, here’s how to start homesteading with no money. Starting a homestead is a dream for so many people, but if you’re broke, it may seem like a pipe dream – something that will never cover true. Before…
Don’t let all those tomatoes go to waste! Try a few different tomato canning recipes this year! Tomatoes produce a lot of fruits, and if you’re like me and plant WAY too many plants each year, you’ll end up drowning in tomatoes. Don’t let them go to waste; try different tomato canning recipes to fill…
Picking the right chicken waterer helps save you time while tending to your flock and also reduces waste – saving you money! As you gather items you need to raise chickens, you’ll want to get one of the best chicken waterers to provide your flock fresh water daily. It’s essential to their overall health along…
Did you know some chicken breeds are known for having more aggressive roosters than other breeds? Roosters are typically part of raising chickens but they have a reputation for not being the nicest creatures. However, there are a few aggressive rooster breeds that are known for being nastier than others. We all have some sort…
Have you ever wondered – how much do baby ducks cost? – or how much does it cost to raise ducks on a homestead? Let me tell you! Adding ducks to our homestead has been, in my opinion, one of my favorite decisions. However, I had a lot of questions beforehand about the cost of…
Raising homegrown meat isn’t as hard as it sounds, and you don’t even need a lot of space. First, you have to figure out which meat chicken breed you want to raise. When 2020 struck, it seemed like the perfect time for our family to make the journey into raising meat chicken breeds. We raised…
