Using the rendered lard that we had from butchering our pork hogs this year, I decided to make my own candles.

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

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

The hog saga continues..

American Guinea Hogs (AGH) make excellent homestead hogs, as the smaller size makes them easier to manage.  AGH's like to pasture and gr