How and Why to Consider Cross Breeding Goats
Oh, love me some precious farm babies!! In our attempt to achieve a few of our own farm babies this year, we’ve been trying to breed our dairy does without much luck. For some reason, my does do not make it obvious (as they are supposed to!) that they are “in season” or ready to [...]
Friday Wrap-Up: “12 Days of Christmas” Giveaway & Decorating the Chicken Coop!
I am very excited to announce the Morristribe’s first annual “12 Days of Christmas” Giveaway! Let me tell you, we are going to have a blast! Details will be outlined Monday 12/12, so be sure to check it out. We are going to have a lot of fun, you just wait. Oh, and the [...]
How to Deal with Frustration and Set-Back
Do you ever get really down and discouraged with your homesteading progress? Photo credit Sometimes, despite our best-laid plans, we don’t meet our goals. Drives me nuts! You might have noticed that I am goal-oriented, always have been. I get depressed if I don’t have a goal I’m working towards, even if the goal is [...]
New Video: “Getting Started with Dairy Goats”!
Jump for joy! Goats are awesome! Photo credit Announcing the release of the latest “A Year on a Homestead” video, “Getting Started with Dairy Goats“. You’ve never had fun until you’ve run around and played with goats! Our goats have been a wonderful investment for a self-sustaining lifestyle, yet, they’ve been such a blast for [...]
Urban Homesteading’s Greatest Opportunity- The Empty Lot
Living in the country is no longer a prerequisite for growing your own food! Start your own “Urban Homestead“! Photo credit With recent economic conditions, empty city lots are absolutely everywhere! As a matter of fact, there are so many vacant lots (and homes) that many cities have “Vacant Lot Projects” and “Stabilization Programs“. Communities [...]
The Homesteader’s Guide to Unemployment: 11 Steps to Take Control
Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden. ~Orson Scott Card Photo credit Being unemployed, underemployed or laid off is no joking matter. Millions of Americans are out of work today, many with few prospects for work without moving their family or retraining for another career. While we are blessed to [...]
How to “Dry Off” a Goat
After many months of wonderful goat’s milk, I think I’m ready for a break. Time to “dry off” the goat! Having farm animals is a blast, but can also be somewhat confining. Animals require care whether you’re in the mood or not, whether you’re at home or not, or if it’s rain or shine. After [...]
The "Daytime Drama" Outback – Farm Animal Personalities
Life “outback” is anything but boring! Seriously, having farm animals is so much fun! Just like children, each one has it’s own personality. Some of the animals get along, others….well, not so much. Oreo, our Alpine milking goat as seen above, is so big and active, that we’ve put her with the donkeys and away [...]
Friday Wrap Up: Trampolines, Mini Donkeys and Pastures
What a beautiful sight! The ‘back’ garden is in full bloom! This is our bigger garden that is growing the larger crops, like corn, beans, squash and melons. When I saw the tassel appear on our corn, I almost wept. I’ve never grown corn before, I was thrilled that it has made it this [...]
Friday Wrap-Up: Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This
If my family’s survival depended upon my perfect homesteading skills, we would surely perish. Admiration is the only word that describes how I feel about women who lived prior to the 20th century. Regret is the only word that I can think of to describe how a man might have felt if they married a [...]
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