On the Land | Traditional Catholic Homestead

Catholic Prayer for Planting Crops

With Spring in full swing and the Easter season upon us the minds of many country folk are inevitably drawn to the seasonal rebirth of…

Morel Propagation Update 2019….

Did the morel spore slurry work? So a few years back I wrote this article about how we were going to attempt to propagate morels…

Off Grid Homestead Basics…

A little known fact about the Traditional Catholic Homestead is that we are completely off grid. No power line to the house, no land line for the phone, no cable or satellite television!

Round 2 of Grassfed Homestead….

Winter chores at the Traditional Catholic Homestead! Take a peak behind the scenes of homesteading in North Idaho during the winter!!

TCH Hosts the Grass-fed Homestead!!!

The Grass-fed Homestead comes to visit the Traditional Catholic Homestead to document what life is like on the homestead in North Idaho during the winter!!!

American Milking Devon Cattle…Profile of A Traditional Homestead Cow

I’m not sure if you’ve picked up on this yet or not, but I am a big believer that everything on the homestead should…

Milk Cow Problem Solver…Holding back milk

A classic problem that can occur with the family milk cow is the phenomenon known as holding up their milk. The knowledgeable folks over at…

Healing the Soil: AMP Grazing & Holistic Management

As good stewards of our land we homesteaders not only have an opportunity but an obligation to provide for the future abundance of generations to…

A Call to Catholic Rural Life

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, as good people were abandoning their rural roots for the city life, church leaders have been warning against…