For beekeepers, there’s a sense of urgency come late spring. Nectar is plentiful and bee populations explode as colonies try to meet the demands of the busy harvest time and store up resources for the winter. But unmanaged growth can quickly lead to overcrowding in the hive.
Remember the 1980’s ads attempting to entice people who favored chicken to eat more pork? “Pork. The other white meat.” (Ignore the fact that pork isn’t actually white meat, but red.) While chicken still tops the charts, there is another (true) white meat alternative quickly gaining popularity: rabbit.
If you’ve been gardening for some time, you’re probably already familiar with standard, garden center compost. In search of savings and better quality, maybe you’ve even gotten into composting yourself. But there’s another way to build healthy soil for the garden that’s less frequently discussed, and yet incredibly effective: vermicomposting.
Collecting fresh eggs from your own hens is one of the great joys of homesteading. But what should you do when you discover broken shells and yolk smeared across the nesting box?
Chickens may be the most cost-effective livestock you can raise. But the first time you price out brooders, feeders, bedding, fencing, feed, and processing, it’s easy to wonder if that’s actually true.
Raising your own meat chickens can be a rewarding, practical, and beginner-friendly way to put homegrown meat on the table. Not only is it a step towards increasing your self-sufficiency and food freedom, but it also gets you access to some of the best-tasting chicken that money can’t buy.
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