Milking Parlor Tour….

January 2017 milking parlor tour!  Our pastured dairy journey continues…. and a rundown of our milking procedure…. This is just a temporary structure to get…

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Novena for Our Nation-Fr. R.Heilman

With all of the choas and folks worrying about the future of our country, I thought it appropriate to share this little reminder of what…

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Preserving the Harvest: Fermented Garlic

Garlic is one of those homestead staples that goes in just about everything around our place so we grow quite a bit.  With this season’s…

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All Souls Day Nov. 2 And Purifying Fire For Souls In Purgatory – Repost — Traditional Catholic Priest

Here are some photos from the Small Purgatory Museum in Rome and their explanations. Fr. Victor Jouet, with the support of Saint Pope Pius X,…

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Homestead Harvest….Using the Whole Chicken!

It’s one of those sad realities of life on the homestead that the day will come when Little Red Hen will out stay her welcome…

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Help Support Religious Vocations — Traditional Catholic Priest

From the TraditionalCatholicPriest website…. I have ran across a young woman that has gained acceptance into the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Her name is Jade Banks…

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Portable Milking Stanchion (pt. 2 the Rest of the Story)

Last time I exlained why we went with the portable design, provided the materials list, and showed how to make the head gate for our…

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Building a Portable Milking Stanchion (pt. 1 The Headgate)

Being able to secure your cow while milking is one of those unique homestead pleasures that you don’t really appreciate until you have to try…

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Make Your Own Elderberry Syrup!

I couldn’t decide whether to go with a Homestead Health segment on this one or Preserving the Harvest….elderberry syrup can literally go into either category!…

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Homestead Heros Plants of Promise: Elderberry

The common elderberry is oftentimes overlooked in its value on the homestead.  While it is native in many areas it has also naturalized in so…

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