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The BEST Tips For Firewood Storage
If you’ve used wood as your heating or cooking source for any length of time, then you know the key to heat production is in properly drying and storing firewood. We want to share what we’ve learned with you over the years about drying and firewood storage.
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10+ AMAZING Ways To Use Wood Ash!
Is fireplace ash good for anything? The byproduct of staying nice and toasty has many uses on your homestead, and who doesn’t love multi-functional? From helping your garden grow to cleaning your teeth, you will be amazed at all the ways you can use wood ash.
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Beekeeping For Beginners
Have you always wanted to raise bees but didn’t know where to start? There are so many questions for the new beekeeper and it’s hard to find a reliable source with all the answers. I’m here to help answer those questions for you, and many you never thought of. All of this information can be…
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3 Best Ways To Preserve Mulberries
One of my fondest memories as a child was riding my bike into town and parking it under the HUGE mulberry tree that hung over the sidewalk. I would eat until my belly was full and my hands were purple. You can only imagine my excitement when I found out that our new land included…
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The BEST Natural Japanese Beetle Control- P.S. Your Chickens Will LOVE It
Have Japanese Beetles ruined your lawn and garden? You may never be able to eradicate them but you can control them with this Natural Japanese Beetle Control method. P.S- your chickens will LOVE it!
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The Best Herbs for Lactation and Increasing Milk Supply
If you are getting ready to be a new mother, or maybe you just had a baby, trouble with milk supply is not something we think about or plan. It can be very discouraging and some may even give up trying to nurse. The good news is that there are herbs for lactation and…
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Feeding Your Bees- When Do You Need To Feed Them?
Everything You Need To Know About When To Feed Your Bees When you hear of people feeding bees you may think they have taken this beekeeping a step too far. Like people who make dresses and pants for their chickens. However, honey bees need our help at different times throughout the year. Learn all…
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The Best Baby Goat Names For 2019
The Best Baby Goat Names For 2019 Everyone knows after the ever-so-famous gateway livestock, the chicken, that you need to add goats. It’s only natural to have a milk source after you have an egg source and what better milk source than to start with baby goats? As a new goat-owner, you’re going to need…
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Egg Incubator- How To Hatch Eggs
How To Hatch Eggs In A Egg Incubator Do you want to increase your flock but want to save the expense of ordering chicks? Then you need to get an egg incubator to hatch your own eggs. Incubating your own eggs is a way to inexpensively increase your flock. Knowing how to incubate eggs properly is…
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