How to Make Butter from Raw Milk
As I have mentioned, we are being blessed with two to four gallons of milk per day by a neighbor. Using all of that milk is a challenge, and the situation is not permanent, so I am trying to process… Continue Reading
Farm Life
What I Will and Won’t Can Again
My Canning Pantry is pretty full right now. I took a quick inventory this morning to help decide what to plant for this year’s big garden. I’m in Florida, so our planting season is really all year around, although it’s… Continue Reading
Homesteading Over 50
As you might have guessed by now, we are in our “Golden Years”. Wayne and I are both over 50 years old and we have already raised our kids. We have grandkids galore, which is so great! And our kids… Continue Reading
Animals in the Boonies
I have spoken before about where we live. We love it out here in our rural paradise, where it’s a 30 minute drive to town. Wayne drives nearly an hour and a half to work every day, so he has… Continue Reading
Daily Routine on the Farm
Since our rooster, Jay-Z, woke me up this morning, I thought I’d run down what the daily routine around here looks like. I’m usually up by 6:30 or 7 am, unless one of the roosters decides he must crow right… Continue Reading
The Pig Ate My Homework
Actually, anyone who keeps pigs knows they will eat almost anything, including your homework! We have one, Blue, who is an escape artist and seems to have decided that he doesn’t like his home pen. He’s supposed to live on… Continue Reading