Tag: Urban Homesteading
Kid-Friendly Ducks for Your Homestead
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Whenever we purchase any animals for our backyard, we first consider whether the animal is friendly. If they aren’t, we don’t look any further. We want friends and family to feel comfortable at home, especially in the summer when we are outside- where all the animals are. If our friends…
How to Care for Chickens in the Winter
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Winter is a time of mud, snow, more precipitation, and a dirtier chicken coop overall. Every winter, I wonder how I can keep eggs cleaner, the coop cleaner and refreshed, and the chickens comfortable, fed, and watered. Feeding Chickens in Winter Grain We free-feed our chickens with my husband’s amazing…
How to Care for Babydoll Sheep in Winter
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Our backyard farm’s most fun, exciting animal is our sheep. When we purchased her, we asked, “What do we do in the winter?” Luckily, sheep have an amazing coat of wool that protects them from the harsh weather. The flock we purchased her from is said to not even go…
How to Care for Ducks in the Winter
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When looking into getting ducks, I thought they always needed access to a pond. What I learned was simply that they don’t. I also learned that they are super resilient and are better at keeping themselves warm than chickens. Here is what they do need in the winter. Winter Dietary…
How to Care for Bunnies in the Winter
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Our bunnies started inside but needed to be moved outside as we added more to our family. So, we built them a mansion and moved them outside, and that’s where they reside all year—yep, even in the hot summers and frigid winters. They can handle it! Here is what we…
Best Bedding Choices for Your Chicken Coop
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When choosing bedding for your chicken coop, consider your space, climate, and what will be most effortless to clean. I love it when my backyard farm chores are simple, quick, and get the job done. That’s why I’ll be sharing with you the types of bedding you can choose from…
How to Care for Babydoll Sheep on a Backyard Farm
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I kept seeing pictures of these cute, fat, fluffy, stocky, short sheep all over Pinterest. One day, I started to research these cute mystery sheep. It turns out that I was falling in love with Babydoll Southdown Sheep. Their permanent smiling faces snatched my heart, so I started researching how…
Effortless Maintenance: Easy Clean Duck Coop
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When researching ducks to see if they would be manageable on our half-acre, I read a lot about how messy they are. I was concerned that having a small flock of ducks would cause our yard to smell and make a mess everywhere. I didn’t want to clean up after…
How to Preserve Pears WITHOUT Making Syrup
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How to preserve your pears without making the sticky syrup. Skipping this step keeps canning pears simple, quicker, and less sticky. It’s a win-win!
A Small-Scale Flower Farmer’s Top Three Favorite Flowers
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As a first-year flower farmer, I had more than three favorite flowers, but these were my top three. Each flower has one thing in common: they are cut and come again. Cut and come again flowers make small-scale flower farming possible. These flowers are workhorses in the growing department. They…