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Starting a Homestead: Advice for the first year

08/06/2016 by Katie 17 Comments

Homesteading Advice first year | livinlovinfarmin

Starting a homestead. It all started with a chicken. A rooster actually. Living in a run down, 120 year old original homestead that was home to more mice inside then outside, I quickly began researching chemical free alternatives to eliminate these nasty unwelcome house guests. In the midst of my research I came across a… 

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Filed Under: Canning, Heritage Chickens, Homesteading, Jersey Girl, The Garden Tagged With: backyard chickens, beef, canning, Chickens, coop, cows, dairy, homesteading, milk cows, milking, preserving the harvest, self sufficient

Dairy Animal Mistakes; My Epic Failures

05/20/2016 by Katie 10 Comments

Dairy animal mistakes | milk cows goats | homesteading | livinlovinfarmin

Early last year, in the prime of calving season, a dear friend of mine lost her beloved dairy cow.  She had just calved a beautiful Jersey bull (one of Tanks babies) and within 12 hours of calving, the cow was down with 4th stage milk fever.  It took another 12 hours for the vet to… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: brown swiss, calves, cows, dairy, farming failures, goats, homesteading, jersey, jersey girl, nubian, raw milk

Milking Parlor and Processing Room Tour

01/24/2016 by Katie 3 Comments

Milk parlor and raw dairy processing room tour | livinlovinfarmin

When I started with the hopes of one day owning a raw dairy, I had an image in my mind of how the milk parlor would/should be set up. However, it actually wasn’t until I started milking and processing raw milk, did I really figure out what worked for me.  While I grew up in… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cheese making, cows, family milk cow, jersey cows, milking parlor, processing, raw, raw dairy

DIY Grassfed Liver Pills

07/05/2015 by Katie Leave a Comment

DIY Liver Pills | Grassfed | Paleo | Homesteading | Homemade | LivinLovinFarmin

Did you know that liver packs more nutrients ounce for ounce then any other food source? Its a vital source of amino acids and important nutrients such as niacin, Vitamin A, D, E, K, B12 and folic acid.  Besides its immune and brain boosting attributes it also has a magnificent anti-fatigue factor.  There’s a reason liver was named the original super-food…. 

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Filed Under: Homesteading, Jersey Girl, Lupus, Paleo Primal Lifestyle, Recipes Tagged With: amino acids, beef, chemical free living, cows, grassfed, homesteading, liver, lupus, meat, nutients

Homemade Livestock Fly Spray

07/04/2015 by Katie 12 Comments

DIY Fly Livestock Spray | Essential Oils | Homesteading | chemical free living | Homemade | Homesteading | livinlovinfarmin

Homemade Livestock Fly Spray Have you ever read the back of a livestock fly spray bottle?  It’s terrifying.  I don’t even want it in my barn, let alone on my cows that produce food for my family and I. However, having pesky, annoying flies on animals, especially when your sitting half way under them to… 

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Filed Under: DIY Naturally, Essential Oils, Homesteading, Jersey Girl Tagged With: chemical free living, cows, DIY, essentail oils, flies, fly, homemade, livestock, milking, pest control, raw milk

Milking Machine. Pros and Cons

03/22/2015 by Katie 7 Comments

Pros and Cons of Milk Machines | Homesteading | Milking cows | Dairy | Raw milk | Livinlovinfarmin.com

I often get asked whether I hand milk or use a machine to milk out my dairy cows.  The answer is, both.  There is definitely a much admired simplicity in hand milking.  Not only are you gaining a one on one relationship with the cows but also being up close and personal with your dairy… 

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Filed Under: Homesteading, Jersey Girl Tagged With: cows, dairy, hand milking, homestead, homesteading, milk cows, milk machine, raw milk

20 Ways Livestock Can Make YOU Money

02/06/2015 by Katie 15 Comments

20+ Ways Livestock Can Make YOU Money On The Homestead | livinlovinfarmin

Living on a working homestead is rewarding in itself.  However, producing an income from that hard work is a whole other level of awesome!  One of the questions that I get asked frequently is, “How could one make money on the Homestead?” “What can you produce and sell for profit?”  The answer, almost all of… 

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Filed Under: Canning, DIY Naturally, Homesteading Tagged With: backyard chickens, bee keeping, cows, csa, goat meat, goat rental, homesteading, lamps, making butter, meat birds, milking cows, money making, pigs, selling raw milk, sheep

Tips for Managing Freezing Temperatures on the Homestead

01/25/2015 by Katie 5 Comments

Managing Freezing Temperatures on the Homestead | livinlovinfarmin (.com0

When it comes to winter on the homestead, the threat of freezing temperatures is at the top of my concern.  The possibilities for situations to go wrong is at its peak and being well prepared is the only way to go into this season. Since the average rural farmer can’t just run into the farm… 

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Filed Under: Heritage Chickens, Homesteading Tagged With: alfalfa, Chickens, cows, freezing, hay, homestead, raising pigs in winter, rumen, scratch, snow, temperatures, water troughs

You either get it or you don’t!

10/27/2014 by Katie 14 Comments

Raising old fashioned farm kids | livinlovinfarmin.com

Let’s be honest here for a minute, shall we? This organic living, whole foods, fermentation, chemical free, homemade, free range, grass-fed, grow it yourself, do it your self movement is flippin exhausting! I know it. You know it. But you either get it, or you don’t. There’s nothing that gets my goat more then the taking… 

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Filed Under: Canning, DIY Naturally, Heritage Chickens, Homesteading, Paleo Primal Lifestyle, The Garden Tagged With: backyard chicken, chemical free, cows, DIY, homemade, homesteading, organic, raising farm kids, raw

Saving Tank

08/09/2014 by Katie 3 Comments

Saving Tank | livinlovinfarmin.com

I just want some babies!!  That’s all!.  Just a few sweet little calves to run around and lick my face. That’s all I want. Ok need!   I NEED me some baby calves to lick my face. After four failed attempts to artificial insemination my two dairy cows, at $150.00 each time, I threw in the towel and rented a bull. … 

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Filed Under: Homesteading, Jersey Girl Tagged With: ai, artifical imsemenation, beef, bull, butcher, cows, dairy, homesteading, raw, raw milk, service

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WELCOME TO THE FARM

Hi, I’m Katie. Our family lives on our fourth generation family farm here in beautiful Idaho. We milk jersey cows, raise pastured heritage pigs and poultry, scottish highlanders for beef and a few sheep for fiber.  Our journey is about healing the body through sustainable agriculture.  After being diagnosed with a autoimmune disease several years ago, I saw a need to change the way we think about diseases in today’s modern world.

Our farm prides ourselves on selling the best meat and dairy possibly.  We do not use ANY gmo’s, corn or soy in our animal feed.  Our critters graze on fresh green pasture and are fed a locally grown, locally milled grain ration.

Our products are available farm direct or at select retail locations.

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