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The Reality of Selling Eggs From Your Homestead

The Reality of Selling Eggs From Your Homestead

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(In December, I wrote an article for the Rootsy Network where I am a guest contributor. I love what they are doing over there! If you are into homesteading, self-reliance, and do-it-yourself, you must check them out!)When I started homesteading, I did not decide to homestead because I wanted to make money. I homesteaded because I wanted to live a simpler life and provide for myself by producing my own food. After trying to unsuccessfully garden for a few years,…

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Monday Update From The Homestead: June 13 & June 20

Monday Update From The Homestead: June 13 & June 20

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It has been two weeks again and time is flying! I mean to do this every week and hopefully I will again soon. I am lacking pictures for this post, but stay tuned and I will have more!The clothesline is done! Rob finished that last week with minimal assistance from me. I love it because it is a little higher than the last one and it has a center support post. I can hang more laundry on it without the…

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Monday Update From The Homestead – April 25 through May 9

Monday Update From The Homestead – April 25 through May 9

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To sum up these last three weeks: we got a lot done! I got to play in the dirt and garden! Yes!I transplanted about 50 raspberry plants to a new area. I just need to get a lot of mulch to help keep the weeds down. The weather is taking care of the watering. As of two weeks later, about 1/4 of the transplants are sprouting new leaves. I wish more were doing the same, but of right now I…

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Monday Update From The Homestead – April 11

Monday Update From The Homestead – April 11

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What happened this week?This week was a little exciting, a little bit frustrating, and has a little bit more work involved for us.We are down a chicken. One of the full-grown layers was killed by a hawk. In all the problems I thought I would have with keeping my chickens alive, this was not one problem I thought I would have. Hawks are not a big problem, but we had noticed three of them nesting on the property. We weren’t…

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30 Things You Can Do On Your Winter Homestead

30 Things You Can Do On Your Winter Homestead

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Ahhh…winter. Love it or hate it, winter happens every year. Some of you have much milder winters than we do in Iowa and can still garden year-round. That is not happening here! I can barely see where my garden should be at!I don’t know about you all, but I lose hope Spring is coming when Winter is here. Winter is just so cold and so harsh. We have had it easy this winter until January came. January brought some really…

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Have I Always Been A Prepper Homesteader?

Have I Always Been A Prepper Homesteader?

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Have I always been a prepper homesteader?No.I have been a prepper homesteader for at least the last ten years and maybe longer. I have been wanting to be a homesteader for a lot longer than that. I would read and re-read the Little House on the Prairie books as a kid (and as an adult). I have always loved reading about early Iowa settlers and what they had to do to survive and thrive. I find their stories absolutely fascinating. As…

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