farming
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How to Prepare Your Homestead for Fire Season
Summertime in Wyoming, camping, lake days, bbqs, and wildfires. Lots of wildfires. This year it has been exceptionally dry. Drier than I can remember. Of course, this isn’t unique to Wyoming either. Plenty of places across the country have bad wildfire seasons. So… how do you prepare to live in a place prone to fire?…
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Haymaker’s Punch
This summer has been brutal. The heat started so early and has just continued and we aren’t even to August yet! Rain feels like a myth. It is so dry. Fires a popping up all over. My husband and I met as Wildland Fire Dispatchers years ago, and honestly? This summer scares me. It is…
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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Homestead
We have definitely not done everything perfectly on the homestead- not even close! That is just a given when you are starting a new endeavor.Hopefully you can learn from some of our biggest mistakes and save yourself some of the heartache and extra expense that we did. 1- Wait to buy animals until you have…
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Budgeting on a Homestead
Trying to figure out how to homestead on a real-person’s income? Oh how we all wish that we inherited acreage and a farm house, but that’s just not reality is it? There are so many things to consider when starting to homestead. 1- Finding Land: Such a tricky thing. It took years for us to…
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New Turkeys
Celebrating my husband’s birthday this week led to us impulse buying turkeys from Tractor Supply. These two were the last two at the store and we just couldn’t let them be. Our boys were so excited to go pick them up! We set them up in a brooder and they are doing so well! This…
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Raising Kune Kune Pigs
Curious about what it takes to raise Kune Kune pigs? It’s really much easier than you think! Raising your own pork is a rewarding way to get the highest quality meat around. Plus, they are great helpers on the homestead or even in a backyard! I love Kune Kune pigs for a few reasons. 1.…
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Updates on the Pig Pen
Whew! It has been a wild ride with the pigs! We were able to buy some metal pig shelters from a local business and they have been perfect! We moved the pigs out to their pens shortly after installing the shelters and they love them. We also had an opportunity to buy two more full…
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5 Things to Consider When Starting a Homestead
So you want to homestead? There are a lot of things to consider when looking into making this change. I know it is a pretty popular trend right now. Here are some of my top things to consider. Starting a homestead is such a rewarding process. Eating a meal that was grown in your garden…