Tag: Goats

Bridges Burned, Fingers Crossed: My Homesteading Adventure Begins

The bush-hogging is done.  The perimeter fence will go up next week,…

Julie O'Neil Julie O'Neil

How to Make Goat Milk Butter

The first thing to do before learning to make goat milk butter…

Alexia Allen Alexia Allen

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Three: The Animals

Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

Alluring Alpacas

I love fiber.  Whenever my mom ropes me into going to the…

Heather Huffman Heather Huffman

Adam vs. the Post Pounder

As far as I can tell, the blame lies squarely with Prince…

Sue Dick Sue Dick

Basement Bunnies and Grow-box Gardening: The Challenges of Urban Homesteading

Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

The Economics of Dairy Goats

Milk prices have certainly gotten high enough that many of us small…

Allena Jackson Allena Jackson

Multi-purpose Chicken Tractors

Our poultry tractors used to sit dormant in between bird batches, now…

May Woodworth May Woodworth

The Housegoat: The Unusual Beginnings of Withywindle Farm

Raising a housegoat is not for the faint of heart, nor is…

Norah Messier Norah Messier

How to Grow a Food Forest in Five Years

In times of uncertainty such as these, becoming as self-sufficient as you…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Nothing Simplifies Rural Life Like Fencing

Excerpted from Neil's book LandBook - An owner's manual for rural land…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

5 Things We’ve Learned Owning an Intact Buck

Our first couple of years owning Nigerian Dwarf goats, we didn’t have…

Kristin Grant Kristin Grant

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