From my favorite homesteading blogs this week: On my to-do list: how to grow potatoes in a container. If you enjoyed my post on pressure canning beef stew meat, you might also be interested in canning chicken. Dairy goats– disbudded,…

Be sure to keep up with the goings-on around the Little Red Farmstead throughout the week by following us on your favorite social media networks — Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook!   From my favorite homesteading blogs this week: The Very Basics About Canning…

This week on our farmstead… It’s been a great week! On Sunday, we brought home our very first dairy goats. (More on them in a post early next week!) I’m getting used to a whole new sleep schedule now, being…

The babies are up and about now! Of course, they decided to vacate the nest on the coldest day we’ve had in over a month, just when we’re due to get a lake effect snow storm. So I loaded up the cage…

First, y’all, I want to share with you the happy news: we have baby bunnies! They’re the first critters born here on the farm and I’m so excited about them. They were born early this morning (on my mom’s birthday, no…

Spent some time this week cleaning the chicken coop and getting them ready for winter. We’ve been getting spoiled with this unseasonably nice autumn, but the snow is coming… From my favorite blogs this week: Nicole of Little Blog on the…

From my favorite homesteading blogs this week: Learn how to roast any squash, including a no-cut method. On my to-do list: assembling a chicken emergency first-aid kit. (See also: Chicken 911! from the What The Cluck podcast.) The best way…

Learn the best way to cook stewing hens. I really liked the comparison photo of a Cornish-X meat bird and a Production Red. We have a couple of Production Reds, and it’s good to know what to expect in a…

First, I really should welcome you to my new blog: Little Red Homestead. I blogged for many years back at Life In Beta, but in recent years, it became clear that there were two main areas I wrote about: (1)…