Efficiency is vital to the success of a homestead. Having favorable outcomes from your homestead goes beyond just having a productive farm. It also includes getting more out of yourself with minimal effort. When starting a homestead, you must be strategic when choosing the crops to plant. Factors like ease of growing, ease of harvesting,…
Raising chickens is fun and easy until you are faced with a major challenge. One challenge that poultry farmers face is winter. During winter, you may fear for the safety of your birds. How do you care for your chickens in winter? Must you give your chickens a heat lamp? Read this article Will your…
One of the most vital ingredients in bread making is flour. The type of flour one uses in making bread determines the overall quality of the bread. Flour contains two types of proteins that give bread its form. The first is glutenin which is responsible for chewiness and elasticity. The other protein is gliadin which…
Flour is a basic pantry staple that all households should have. Whether you want to use it for baking, as a coating to fry dishes, or as a thickener for your sauce, it is important to know how to properly store it to avoid rancid flour and infestation of bugs. If you prefer stocking up…
If there is one flavoring agent you will find anywhere in the world, it is salt. As with most organic food items, flavoring agents usually spoil after a while. But does this apply to salt too? Let us see. So, does salt go bad? Generally, salt remains fresh indefinitely. In fact, salt is used in…
Finding the right animals for homesteading can be a trial by error for many new homesteaders. Not every common farm animal is ideal for homesteading but there are many animals that truly benefit and help ensure the success of homesteads around the world. The best animals for homesteading are those that provide not only a…
Every day, more and more people are discovering the health benefits of delicious oat milk. It’s a healthy alternative to dairy milk and other milk substitutes and is a great choice for people who have diet restrictions that limit their choices. If you’ve got a high-speed blender, you can make oat milk quickly, but it…
When it comes to the meat market or even your kitchen at home, we all want the best quality and of course, taste! Sheep meat, also known as mutton or lamb, is an interesting category of meat to cook and eat. Well-known dishes that include mutton are widely appreciated in Turkish cuisine, Indian cuisine, as…
Most sheep are known to excel in particularly one aspect, such as providing meat or milk, while others provide the finest wool. For maximum productivity, there are a number of things to consider, including the sheep’s health, disease resistance, the climate and environment, longevity, hardness, the choice of breeding mate, prolificacy, and growth efficiencies among…
Raising multiple species of farm animals is doable; in fact, it’s encouraged. There are many benefits to raising farm animals together. Sheep and pigs, along with cows and goats, are ruminants. A ruminant is an herbivorous animal that chews its food once, swallows, regurgitates, and then chews it a second time. Raising different ruminants together…