Preserving the Harvest: Biltong

I know you might be thinking “What the heck is a biltong?”, but stay with me for a second and all will be revealed!  Simply…

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Comfrey Salve: Homestead First Aid Essential

Here at the Traditional Catholic Homestead we absolutely love comfrey!  One of the byproducts of comfrey propagation is lots of leaves.  Making a comfrey salve…

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Traditional Catholic Beef… Grass Finished How-To

Well now that we have officially finished, butchered, cooked and eaten our grass fed/finished beeves, I feel like I can share how I did it.  First…

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Homestead Heros, Plants of Promise: Borage

Borage This often overlooked, and somewhat forgotten herb should be near the top of the list for every homestead garden!  With alternate names like Bee…

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Devon Cattle on grass

Grass Beef Progress July 2015

I made a quick video of the Devon cattle (I don’t think they appreciated the publicity, you’ll see what I mean!): And I went a…

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Greenhouse Video Tour July 2015

I tried to get a full tour of the garden and greenhouse, but the phone overheated so it kind of trailed off as I was…

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Garden Update Video July 2015

I’m going to try something new today, a bit of en experiment.  I shot about six minutes of video in the garden with my phone yesterday and…

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Devon Cattle on grass

Out With the Old, In With the New… Cows!!!

We like to eat plenty of beef here at the Traditional Catholic Homestead!  We also like to eat as healthy as possible, so we go…

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Paddock shift cattle

Homestead Happenings Summer 2015

So it has been a couple weeks since our last post.  We’ve been super busy on the Traditional Catholic Homestead!  With that being said I…

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Wild Crafting Your Homestead Harvest

The ability to identify and utilize food that is growing wild on your property and in your community (or wherever you happen to find yourself)…

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