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Apr 223 min read
Meanwhile Back at Mamas...
A little rambling from the weekend, preparing for pigs, date night, and hay talk.
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Jun 7, 20233 min read
The Feed & Seed Fair!
We had a great time celebrating 6 months in business this past Saturday, at the Feed & Seed Fair! The day consisted of horse drawn cart...
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Feb 10, 20222 min read
Coming Soon... Coffee For Ranch Life
From the fireside, to a horseback ride, grab a cup, and cowboy up!
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Dec 7, 20212 min read
Christmas for Cowboys
Christmas came early with the addition of cattle on the ranch, but we've been busy working on another festive project, too! With the barn...
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Oct 22, 20213 min read
We're Just Blowin' Smoke
If you know us, you know we prioritize good eats. One of the Homestead Husband's passions is smoked meats. It's somewhat of an art,...
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Jul 17, 20203 min read
Farm Fresh Fitness
Fitness in farming and ranching is important, but maybe not always discussed... We get busy with chores and schedules, and especially...
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Aug 28, 20193 min read
Garden Series: Preservation - Update 3
Garden season is coming to a close (cue the sad violins)… One of the things I love most about summer, is the fewer groceries I buy from the
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Aug 23, 20193 min read
Garden Series: Oh My Gourd! - Update 2
Squash, pumpkins, & gourds, oh my! This year we decided to try our hand at a pumpkin patch.
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Aug 14, 20192 min read
Tea Time
One afternoon, watering my many lavender plants, it occurred to me that I was more than fully capable of recreating it at a fraction of the
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Apr 29, 20192 min read
Muscovy
It has been about a year with ducks, and we had yet to see any eggs..
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Apr 16, 20193 min read
Cowgirls Don't Cry
It's not all baby goats, sunshine, and flowers. While most of this homestead life is beautiful, it is also work.
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Mar 18, 20192 min read
Country Candles
Using the rendered lard that we had from butchering our pork hogs this year, I decided to make my own candles.
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Mar 9, 20192 min read
Lard Have Mercy
With the return of pork from our homestead pigs, we were also given quite a few bags of pig fat. Now, what does one do with bag fulls of fat
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Feb 24, 20192 min read
This Little Piggy Went to Market
We are down to one hog left on the homestead. This past Saturday, we rounded up the remaining females (with a BIG help from our local cowboy
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Feb 20, 20193 min read
We're a Couple of Saps...
Winter feels a lot longer when you become a gardener and keeper of livestock. The sunshine months are when everything glitters...
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Jan 29, 20194 min read
Eating at the Ground Level
Why do we bother? All this extra work and time spent making, baking, prepping, tending, feeding and watering. It seems like a lot - and some
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Jan 15, 20193 min read
S.W.A.S. - We're Talkin' Butter
Start With A Stick (SWAS) - that's the age-old Harper family motto on the use of butter.
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