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- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Christmas for Cowboys
Christmas came early with the addition of cattle on the ranch, but we've been busy working on another festive project, too! With the barn...
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- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
We're Just Blowin' Smoke
If you know us, you know we prioritize good eats. One of the Homestead Husband's passions is smoked meats. It's somewhat of an art,...
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- Jul 17, 2020
- 3 min
Farm Fresh Fitness
Fitness in farming and ranching is important, but maybe not always discussed... We get busy with chores and schedules, and especially...
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- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
Garden Series: Preservation - Update 3
Garden season is coming to a close (cue the sad violins)… One of the things I love most about summer, is the fewer groceries I buy from the
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- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Garden Series: Oh My Gourd! - Update 2
Squash, pumpkins, & gourds, oh my! This year we decided to try our hand at a pumpkin patch.
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- Aug 14, 2019
- 2 min
Tea Time
One afternoon, watering my many lavender plants, it occurred to me that I was more than fully capable of recreating it at a fraction of the
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- Apr 29, 2019
- 2 min
Muscovy
It has been about a year with ducks, and we had yet to see any eggs..
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- Apr 16, 2019
- 3 min
Cowgirls Don't Cry
It's not all baby goats, sunshine, and flowers. While most of this homestead life is beautiful, it is also work.
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- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
Country Candles
Using the rendered lard that we had from butchering our pork hogs this year, I decided to make my own candles.
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- Mar 9, 2019
- 2 min
Lard Have Mercy
With the return of pork from our homestead pigs, we were also given quite a few bags of pig fat. Now, what does one do with bag fulls of fat
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- Feb 24, 2019
- 2 min
This Little Piggy Went to Market
We are down to one hog left on the homestead. This past Saturday, we rounded up the remaining females (with a BIG help from our local cowboy
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- Feb 20, 2019
- 3 min
We're a Couple of Saps...
Winter feels a lot longer when you become a gardener and keeper of livestock. The sunshine months are when everything glitters...
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- Jan 29, 2019
- 4 min
Eating at the Ground Level
Why do we bother? All this extra work and time spent making, baking, prepping, tending, feeding and watering. It seems like a lot - and some
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- Jan 15, 2019
- 3 min
S.W.A.S. - We're Talkin' Butter
Start With A Stick (SWAS) - that's the age-old Harper family motto on the use of butter.
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- Dec 14, 2018
- 4 min
From Scratch, With Love
I am proud to say that we have accomplished much of what we set out to do on the Homestead this year. We are raising our feathered and furr
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