Small Homestead

The Carnival of Homesteading is looking for carnival hosts for upcoming editions.  There are many benefits to hosting a carnival.

You a chance to meet and interact with many new bloggers in your niche.
You get a chance to read the articles that are submitted.
You get additional traffic to your site from people who have submitted articles.
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One of my article recently was on making Goats Milk Yogurt.  Out of the yogurt,  one of my favorite recipes is Tzatziki.  Tzatziki is a cucumber yogurt dressing or dip that is commonly put on Gyros or Souvlaki.  It can also be served as a dip or eaten alone.
The secret to making Tzatziki is to [...]

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I am writing this while sitting in my parents house in North Georgia.  Due to their illness, I am here taking care of their house and animals and seriously missing being at home.  We had planned on getting a good start on garden planting this week.  I don’t mind being here but it doesn’t keep [...]

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This was supposed to be the Springtime edition.  In going through the articles, there were so many great How To articles that I decided to switch the focus just a little.   My picks are all how to articles and they all have a little bit to do with Spring too.  All of the articles that [...]

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By now, I had hoped to have our garden partially planted.  We got the garden plowed about a month ago and two weeks ago, we bought a used garden tractor.  It’s a cute little 70s Sears Suburban garden tractor.  It came with a tiller, a plow, a cultivator and a disc as well as a [...]

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Even with only one Nigerian Dwarf Dairy goat milking right now, we have an abundance of milk.  Gypsy gives a little over one quart a day.  It’s not a huge amount but it is more than Randy and I will normally use so my challenge has been to find ways to use it all.
Kory, our [...]

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The goat brigade decided to teach a visiting dog a lesson about goats.  I doubt that the poor thing will forget it soon.  My goaty girls are a little protective about dogs getting close to people.  They are pretty convinced that dogs are evil but as long as the dogs keep their distance from the [...]

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Happy Easter!

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Did you know that you can die Easter eggs without the kit?  For years I paid umpteen dollars for Easter egg kits for my kids to die Easter eggs.  Little did I know that you can make custom colors simply using food coloring.  Not only can you customize your colors but you can make tie [...]

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