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……
How to Use Onions to Fight Off Illness
Some folks call it an urban legend… We like to call it “it always has worked for us so we do it.” The onion trick (as we call it) just happens to work for this “crazy homesteadin’ lady.” And that’s all that matters, right? It’s been said that people did use onions to fight off the…
5 Reasons To Have A Cow On The Homestead
By: Jenna from The Flip Flop Barnyard, Contributing Writer We are very fortunate to have recently acquired a family milk cow. Her name is Gertie and I just love her. What she brings to our homestead and offers to my family is just priceless. I see owning a cow on the homestead is a such…
How To Tell If Ducks Are Laying
There’s nothin’ like the excitement of that first egg…. Unless you’ve been waiting forever- like us. All we want is our ducks eggs!! But patience is a virtue, right? I suppose. But sadly, it isn’t one of mine. Ducks are awesomely awesome at hiding their eggs. So good, in fact, I just made up a saying for it (awesomely awesome)….
How to Activate a Yogurt Starter Culture {with Recipes}
Who’s all up into fermenting lately? That’s all I seem to want to do. Currently we are fermenting kombucha, water kefir, yogurt, sauerkraut, and sourdough starter. And… it’s official y’all. I have officially given Mountain Man an official winter project. To build me the awesomest fermenting/store my canning equipment/canned good storer EVAH! Why? One may ask….
How to Prepare for Goats – The Necessities
I know you are totally begging/stealing/kissing whatever… …to totally get goats, right? Oh, wait. Was that just me? My bad, my friends. But it’s the truth. I had been wanting goats for over two years and Mountain Man was dead set against it. He thought there were other things that we should be concentrating on….
Chicken Piccata Recipe
If you’re a lover of REAL butter, olive oil, and lemon juice… Then READ ON, baby! This recipe encompasses all things that hold a seriously deep place in my heart- besides Mountain Man– of course. Something about that bearded man still makes my dress fly up. Oh. Sorry. Back to the chicken piccata recipe. We…
What is Homesteading?
A word with 1,000 different definitions… Depending on who you ask. But, when it comes down to it there is only one formal definition. Wikipedia defines homesteading as: a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of foodstuffs, and it may or may not also involve the small scale production of…
How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds
I’m not very good at keeping secrets…. So today I am letting the cat out of the bag on how to make the BEST tasting pumpkin seeds EVER. I have always roasted my pumpkin seeds this way and have had countless people ask me how I get them to taste so darn good- and not…
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