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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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How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Puree | The Easy Homestead

How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Puree

Canned pumpkin isn’t really pumpkin… Most of the time. Sort of. It is usually a mix of different types of squash-mainly winter squash. MIND BLOWN yet? I was and still am. Here’s the lowdown. All pumpkins are winter squash BUT all winter squash are NOT pumpkins. It’s really all about botanical-plant-things that I really do not understand or… 

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Meet Our Nubian Goats | The Easy Homestead

It’s TWINS! Meet Our Nubian Goats

No one told me how awesome goats would be… But they are. Really. They are. Have you ever wanted a pet deer…that acts like a puppy? Well- that’s exactly what goats are. A deer/dog mix. Not kidding. They have the hair, tales, and hooves like deer. They are fast-as-lightning like deer, but they LOVE human attention,… 

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Homemade Peach Pie Recipe | The Easy Homestead

Homemade Peach Pie Recipe

I’ve finally given up… Or given in. Whichever way you want to put it. I LIVE IN A HOUSE WITH DIRTY FLOORS. There- I said it. I am no longer trying to keep my floors clean. It just won’t happen- not living this homestead lifestyle, having three kiddos, and a farm. After fighting it for MANY years (the struggle… 

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Fall Prep Around The {Nameless} Farm... And A Goat Story | The Easy Homestead

Fall Prep Around The {Nameless} Farm – And A Goat Story

So..maybe we’re a little early…. Since fall doesn’t technically start until September 22nd. But, we are already prepping for fall around here…on the nameless farm (don’t worry…we will get to that later). Let’s start with a little story… A Goat Story Once upon a time there was this (totally awesome) lady that REALLY {yes- that… 

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Blackberry Jam Recipe | The Easy Homestead

Blackberry Jam Recipe {Without Sugar or Pectin}

Get your spoon ready… Or maybe 4. You won’t be able to stop eating this jam. Just ask Jax (age 4). Once upon a time, on a cold winter’s night, a lady had just canned 6 pints of this awesome blackberry jam recipe to give out as Christmas gifts. And by lady- I mean me…. 

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Essential Oils for Asthma | The Easy Homestead

Essential Oils for Asthma

I never really understood asthma…until Beau (my husband) had an asthma attack right in front of me. I was terrified.  See, he had childhood asthma. I didn’t know him as a child and his asthma hadn’t affected him since he was a child. Until that frightful night. He called me on his way home. He had… 

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Natural Psoriasis Treatment | The Easy Homestead

Natural Psoriasis Treatment

***Warning…this post will contain images of psoriasis that I have suffered from. To me, they are embarrassing and gross, but I feel that they are necessary to share my story. Never in a million years would I have EVER thought that I would need a natural psoriasis treatment for some form of psoriasis. But, as we… 

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Simple Coleslaw | The Easy Homestead

Simple Coleslaw

Alright, I’d love to say that the cabbage and carrots are from the garden but they aren’t. Sometimes this mama needs a break from the chopping, baking, cutting, making, creating, mixing, homeschooling, homesteading life. But, instead of opting for fast food (think McDonalds) I like to call this my fast food- a prepackaged bag of… 

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