We’re Hiring! Farmhand. Milker. Lechero
Want to know where your food comes from? Come join our team! We are a fourth generation family farm, looking for a new farmhand to assist on the livestock part of the operation. Our family farm is proud to offer farm fresh raw jersey milk, pastured pork and poultry. Farm fresh eggs and organic finn…
Canning Nutritious Bone broth
Canning Nutritious Bone Broth My body is begging for some serious nutrition. Bone broth to the rescue! I know you have heard of bone broth but I think few really understand how incredibly healthy this is for our bodies. Great grandmas have been making homemade chicken noodle soup for decades, starting with a stock pile…
Canning Pumpkins
Canning Pumpkin Pumpkin pie, Paleo Pumpkin spice coffee creamer, pumpkin bars, pumpkin apple soup, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread…. I could go but now I’m hungry! Pumpkins to me are like shrimp to Bubba Gump! I love pumpkin! And despite their Halloween presence, pumpkin are a fantastic, fiber loaded base and that equals a awesome pantry…
Carrot and Ginger Soup
Carrot and Ginger Soup Brrrrrr is it cold out there! With early winter comes carrot harvest. Did you know that carrots are sweeter after the first frost? True story y’all! Every year, I plant a brilliantly colored crop of carrots from none other but Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds. I have been ordering from them for…
Finally! A Homesteaders cheesemaking book
As a raw dairy owner and milk cow connoisseur, I must own a dozen cheesemaking books, at least. All of them are excellent and I use them frequently, however, this one is extraordinaire and I’ll tell you why. Cheese making is a difficult art. Truth! It’s a science that takes trial and error and lots…
Starting a Homestead: Advice for the first year
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…
Dairy Animal Mistakes; My Epic Failures
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…
DIY Easter Egg Shell Candles
DIY Easter Egg Candles Spring has officially sprung and my chickens are laying full force. Egg shells do not go wasted around here. Like most things, I try and find another use for them. Egg shells are loaded with calcium and are excellent to feed to back to the chickens for nice hard shells in…
The significance of the PALM on Palm sunday
Today is Palm Sunday! It is just 7 days before Easter and it is absolutely my favorite season of the year. There is something refreshing and new about Easter time. Maybe it’s the colorful tulips starting to bloom, or the beginning of the warmer weather or the reminder of the humbling sacrifice of our Savior. (..that one…
To induce or not to induce the overdue the family cow
As of today our family milk cow, Jersey Girl, is a little over a week past due to calf her precious baby. I have been anxiously awaiting this event for the past 9 months, checking on her daily, then hourly, and even putting a video monitor in the barn so I can peak in on her at night. I thought for sure there…
Homemade Quick Mix
Move over Bisquick™, there is a new quick mix in town. Around the homestead, I am the main cook. However, there are a few dishes that my husband has mastered, pancakes are one of them. During the cold months, when farming is slow, daddy steps up to the plate, or stove, technically and makes the little’s…
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