We finally finished processing our latest batch of forty meat birds a few weeks ago.I am always so thankful to have homegrown meat when we’ve gone without for a period of months. I think we ran out of our last steer towards the beginning of 2019 and our last round of canned and frozen meat…
The sound of the canner hisses from the kitchen as I type. We have been slowly processing the meat birds and a canner full of meat and at least one of broth will finish off my day. This is the first homegrown meat we’ve had in months so we are all quite thankful. We got…
All photos courtesy Kate Downham of The Nourishing Hearthfire. Many aspiring homesteaders dream of a dairy cow grazing contentedly on lush pasture, giving generous amounts of nourishing milk, and all the cream, butter, and cheese that can be made from it. To get to this point is a lot more complicated than dreaming, and one…
I am happy to bring you this guest post from author Kate Downham from The Nourishing Hearth Fire. Kate has a new book all about Backyard Dairy Goats that will help you with every aspect of raising goats naturally. From feeding and care to recipes and information on using all of that goat milk goodness….
