Morning Chores
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Learn how to become self-sufficient by gardening vegetables, fruits, herbs and raising animals for food, saving money, and making your own stuff. We cover Homestead, Gardening, Animals, DIY, Food, and Frugal Living.
Morning Chores
11h ago
Owning and raising sheep is a relatively simple endeavor. You feed them, house them, provide them with plenty of fresh, clean water. It’s as simple as that. Until that is, you need to trim hooves or administer medication and am faced with handling sheep for the first time. Many people are terrified of handling their ..read more
Morning Chores
3d ago
Fall is one of the most exciting times of the year on the homestead for me. As the garden winds down and some of the animal routines — like goat milking – slow down, new projects heat up. All the homesteading projects I put on the back burner in the warmer months, because I was ..read more
Morning Chores
4d ago
If you’re like me, you hate losing your precious plants to fungal infections, but you don’t want to use harsh chemicals around the foods you’re growing. If that’s the case, homemade fungicide sprays could be the solution you’re looking for. Store-bought fungicides can be horribly expensive and many contain chemicals that aren’t good for your ..read more
Morning Chores
6d ago
It’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s garden, is it? If you’re like many people who grow a vegetable garden – myself included – you are probably curious about how you can grow and store enough food to get you through an entire year. Your first step as a gardener should be ..read more
Morning Chores
1w ago
Be knowledgeable in advance about these 5 goat birth complications you need to watch out for, and know what to do should they occur ..read more
Morning Chores
1w ago
I don’t know if there’s a topic that my husband gets more fired up about than when people leave too-tall stumps after cutting a tree. As somebody who teaches chainsaw operation and forestry management to others, he gets beyond frustrated when he sees these eyesores jutting up out of the ground. While it is, of ..read more
Morning Chores
1w ago
Citrus trees are fantastic. They’re beautiful, provide healthy and flavorful fruits, and the fragrance of the flowers is unmatched. Just the presence of an orange, grapefruit, lime, or lemon tree can bring joy to your garden. Pollinators love them, too. Unfortunately, some pests love them as much as we do. Take citrus rust mites. These ..read more
Morning Chores
2w ago
Preserving herbs in salt is a tried-and-true method of preserving fresh herbs and making delicious seasoning. It’s a fast and easy project and when you’re done, you have a terrific kitchen staple. Herb salts have a long shelf life so that you can enjoy your freshly grown herbs all winter long. Herbal salts liven up ..read more
Morning Chores
2w ago
If you aim to nurture a homestead harmoniously rather than fighting to grow foreign species on native soil, then your best bet is to cultivate indigenous species. Indigenous species are those that have evolved and adapted to a specific location over several thousand years without human introduction or intervention. As you can imagine, indigenous plants ..read more
Morning Chores
2w ago
Did you know that the new tips of fir and spruce trees are edible? The new growth you’ll find on these conifers tastes like the essence of a springtime forest, and is truly delicious to harness for various recipes. They’re also fairly easy to identify for those new to foraging. You don’t have to worry ..read more