What You Should Know About Wild Boars and Hogs

See also our article “When Rabbits Invade Your Garden”





Easy And Cheap Method For Removing Tree Stumps






Tips To Make Your Garden Grow…Quick!







What’s The Difference? Duck Eggs vs Chicken Eggs







Plantain For Ticks, Chiggers, Burns, Ivy





Getting To Know Your Pyreneese


See Also “Getting To Know Your Rough Collie”





What About KuneKunes?

See Also- Winter Care Tips For Your Goats 





The Best Milk Goat Breeds For Your Homestead


See also “The Benefits of Goats Milk”
and “Winter Care Tips For Your Goats”





Know Your Rough Collie

See Also-Caring For Your Chickens During Winter





The Benefits of Goats Milk








Check Out “Winter Care For Your Goats”

LS R4047 Compact Tractor Review






1903 A.H. Patch Blackhawk Corn Sheller


See Also When Your Spouse Doesn’t Like Deer Meat

Restoring Rusty Cast Iron Cookware

You see a flower pot, I see a bean pot.


Cast iron cookware is often misunderstood in it’s purpose and misused in application. It is intimidating in weight, care and maintenance vs the much lighter off the shelf and into the dishwasher stainless and stickfree options. The truth is, cast iron is very versatile will outlive most owners with just nominal care, but it needs to maintain it’s seasoning, that layer of oil that keeps the surface smooth and protected. Without it, food burns, sticks and builds up and the inevitable begins-rust.

I won’t blind you with science, there are a lot of methods to restore rusted, flea market, discarded, scrap pile cast iron. Soaking in vinegar, treating with molasses, exposure to extreme heat and lye. The method I’ll cover here, using electrolysis is a simple method that isn’t labor intensive yet very effective.  Continue reading

Champion 2000 Watt Inverter Generator Review





Fall Garden Preparation

Fall Garden Preparation

So the last of the tomato plants have withered, the pole beans have quit sprouting and you’ve carried the final pumpin out for carving. No, you don’t just walk away and bid adieu until spring. Whether you a rural homesteader or a suburban green thumb, there is still work to be done my friend! The bonus is that, depending on your location, you won’t have to be working in oppressive heat. The fall will bring the cool mornings and bug free late afternoons where you can enjoy your time prepping the ground for the next spring’s seeds. And preparation is everything for your garden. It can mean the difference between an abundent and healty harvest and the blighted jungle of a mess in your neighbor’s backyard. Here we leave a few tips and methods for you to optimize next year’s harvest.



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LS XR4046 Tractor Review

See also “LS XG3025 Tractor Review”


Vegetable Gardens From The 1800s

Vegetable Gardening for Beginners