Small Homestead

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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Carnival of Homesteading

A major snowfall has swept over the east coast.  It’s caused travel problems and power outages from the deep South to Northern New England.  It is not too bad here on our small homestead.  We only got about 4 inches of snow.  Just enough to be pretty without having to worry about it [...]

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One of the things that I was surprised by when I moved to this area was that all the men here  cook.  And they cook well.  It really shouldn’t be that unusual but in a farming community, traditionally the men are out on the farm and the women cook.  I’m not sure why it’s different [...]

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This recipe is a sneak preview of our upcoming Live Off The Land series of cookbooks.
When I moved here I had never had venison and these kabobs were my first experience with it. I was an instant convert and this has remained my favorite recipe. If you don’t have venison available you can [...]

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Welcome to the First  edition of Carnival of Homesteading.  There are some great articles in this edition.  I hope that you will enjoy reading them as much as I have!
Gardening

Sinclair presents Sowing the Seeds posted at NatureWithMe, saying, “This is an article about seed selection for an heriloom, organic family garden.”

Ever wondered how to compost [...]

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