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5 Tips for Milking – For the First-time Milker

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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…… 

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Filed Under: Farm Animals, Homesteading, How to / DIY

Your Guide to Buying Meat Chickens

Oh. My. Word. I wish you were here for dinner last week… Why? I’m glad you asked. We had the most delicious chicken that we have ever eaten. Where did it come from? Well- I’m glad you asked that too. It came from our backyard. Yep. From our hard work. Family work. Homesteading efforts. And boy, were… 

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Homestead Aspirations for 2015

I don’t like to use the term ‘goals’ here… Although the definition of aspiration technically is a goal- I prefer to use aspirations. Why? Because homesteading is A LOT of work. Non-stop. Every day. Rain or shine. Hot or freezing. You see, us homesteaders are always working- no matter what. And that in itself is… 

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Homemade Eczema Cream

Whip it baby… Whip it good…the homemade eczema cream that is! When dealing with eczema you gotta make something fun, right? Because eczema is not fun at all. Not to this momma or her baby who suffers from it. Nanette Lorraine was just cruisin’ along- being her crazy one-year old self- when BAM! Eczema slapped… 

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Moving a Homestead - P.S. We're Moving | The Easy Homestead (.com)

Best of Moving a Homestead – P.S. We’re Moving!

It happened. It finally happened… Something else besides Mountain Man has made my skirt fly up. To new dimensions. We found our forever home(stead). Say whaaaaat?!?! We have currently been renting our homestead for three years. Yep. Three years. We have been going back-and-forth between wanting to buy the place we rent to not wanting to… 

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Fermented Asparagus with Garlic and Thyme | The Easy Homestead (.com)

Fermented Asparagus with Garlic and Thyme

It’s the new cool thing y’all… For me anyways. But, in fact, fermenting veggies goes way back. Like a really really long time. Prior to people having water bath canners, electricity, and all the cool canning stuff, they were fermenting foods. Fermented foods (AKA- lacto-fermented foods) are really quite simple and don’t involve anything but:… 

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Beyond Basics with Natural Yeast Book Review | The Easy Homestead (.com)

Beyond Basics with Natural Yeast ~ Book Review

We’ve finally said farewell to commercial yeast… Yep. You read that right. I used to spend five bucks on that small jar of yeast to make breads and other baked goods around the homestead. Then that all changed. When Nanette Lorraine was almost 1 she started having an allergic reaction to something. We couldn’t figure… 

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Pickled Green Onions | The Easy Homestead (.com)

Pickled Green Onions Recipe

I know it sounds weird… …but Oh. My. Word. are these baby’s delicious! Like- we can’t stop snacking on them. It wasn’t a recipe that we sought out to make. It just happened by chance, and oh-lawdy was it a divine chance! This recipe is super simple to make and worth a try if you… 

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Easy Sourdough Pancakes Recipe

I totally have to come out right now… I am whole heartedly having a love affair (sorry Mountain Man). Mountain Man is the only thing in this world that has made my dress fly up… until I came face to face with a sourdough starter. It was like that love at first sight type deal-… 

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