5 Tips for Milking – For the First-time Milker
Welcome to the cool-kids milking club…
Yep. If you are reading this, you are no doubt, about to join the milking club by bringing a goat or cow onto your homestead, right?
Right.
Well, not to long ago I was right where you are. I was googling ‘how to milk’, ‘tips for milking’, ‘milking supplies’, ‘how to prepare for goats‘, etc. Sound familiar?
I knew it!
Well as a newer milker myself I wanted to give you the five best tips for milking for the first time.
So, without further ado……
It’s the Small Things…
I sat in my truck and silently wept… Yep. I did. And for a lady that never really cries my emotions got the best of me. As I sat there trying to hide my falling tears, from Jax (who was happily singing in the back seat) behind my large-framed sunglasses, a gust of wind blew a…
Dear Amanda- A Letter to the Stranger That Changed Our Lives
Dear Amanda, How can I ever repay you for your generosity? How can I even put into words what you have done for my family? I remember receiving your email like it was yesterday… As a matter of fact, I remember every moment down to the last detail. I had prayed before bed, as I…
Homemade Poison Ivy Spray
It happened… Molli was doing what any homesteading/homeschooler does and was outside being creative. We told her that she was allowed to use extra bits and pieces of things to build bird houses. She had researched a bird species that she saw in the yard and made them two bird houses. She came up with…
Why We Grow/Raise Our Own Food- America is Failing
CANCER… Enough said. Okay- just kidding. There’s lots to be said. There’s also heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, & many more leading causes of death in the U.S. (source). Most that can be changed from a simple task. Changing the way America eats. Going back to our roots when these diseases existed but were almost non-existent…
DIY Potting Soil
Real dirt smells so good I could eat it…. But I won’t. ;). Kinda. But for reals y’all- when you get that perfectly smelling soil in your hands you can hear the angels singing from above. This is what we had at our old homestead. But, since we recently moved we are dealing with 42 acres…
Fermented Chicken Feed
I swear it’s like I’ve found my calling and I’ve run with it… Lately, all I seem to be doing is fermenting things like: asparagus, lemons, and sauerkraut. Fermenting is the process of lacto-fermentation. Lacto-fermentation has been around since the dawn of time, as my momma used to say! To keep it simple… Fermenting =…
Raising Baby Chicks- Top 5 Chicken Supplies
You just couldn’t resist buying baby chicks, could ya? Well, good news! I can’t blame ya- not one bit! We order baby chicks multiple times a year- twice for meat (Spring and Fall) and once for eggs (Spring). We like to have a mixed flock of various breeds of chickens and ducks. That way we…
How to Preserve Lemons (Fermented Lemons)
This homesteading journey never ceases to amaze me… If you would have told me four years ago that there was a way to preserve lemons, I probably would’ve laughed in your face. When I was growing up, if a lemon went bad, that bad boy went into the trash (gasp!). I know. I know. I was…
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