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Carolyn McBride commented on Daisy's blog post Get Your Processed Food Fix
"Informative, interesting and timely! I was just commenting to my partner that I only miss coca-cola every three days now, and that's a major improvement!
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"Thanks Daisy. I don't see a print button. I would like put these in my recipe folder. "
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Get Your Processed Food Fix
The Happy HomesteaderI must admit, before moving to my homestead my diet was pretty much all American. As our concerns grew about what we were putting into our bodies, we decided that growing our own food was the best choice. Hence the homestead! I remember the first year here wondering if we would really be able to do it. Failures in the garden and seemingly endless time frames to when we would actually process any meat was a bit discouraging at times, but before long we began looking at…See More
Village Wisdom commented on Daisy's blog post Reading Material
"The Unsettling of America is a great read. They just don't write books like that anymore."
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Reading Material
The Happy HomesteaderYou can tell what season it is by looking at my side table with the stack of books that never leaves! I have a permanent book pile that always contains an array of books that I am currently perusing. The pile is always there, but the selection changes seemingly from season to season and year to year. This is one of the things that I love about homesteading. You have so many varied things that you do that you get to become familiar with a ton of different topics. I have…See More
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Homestead Pigs
The Happy Homesteader Last week we had a litter of piglets born and each year I look forward to it so much! Baby piglets might just be the cutest thing on the farm. When you homestead it seems that it is not complete unless you have a pig. Watch any old movie where people lived closer to the land and grew their own food and you always see a pig in a pen. Usually the farm wife is tossing them some garden or kitchen scraps while they wallow in a mud puddle. Ahhh...the life of a pig! When…See More
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The Torture of Weaning
If you raise animals you will inevitably be faced with the decision to wean or not to wean. Weaning is something that has been manipulated by domestication for so long that it has become sort of complicated. In the wild there is no one telling the young fawn that it needs to separate from it's mother other than the natural instinct that both mother and baby have telling them to get on with their lives. Neither one puts up a fuss and weaning ALWAYS takes place. When people began putting animals…See More
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The Torture of Weaning
If you raise animals you will inevitably be faced with the decision to wean or not to wean. Weaning is something that has been manipulated by domestication for so long that it has become sort of complicated. In the wild there is no one telling the young fawn that it needs to separate from it's mother other than the natural instinct that both mother and baby have telling them to get on with their lives. Neither one puts up a fuss and weaning ALWAYS takes place. When people began putting animals…See More
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Summer Memories
The Happy HomesteaderWhen I was a child summer had a very different meaning. We would look forward to summer as the ultimate vacation. It meant no school, long lazy days with nothing to do but play, and carefree moments where time didn't seem to matter. I spent my days in shorts and flip-flops exploring the woods and climbing trees. Often we would take trips to Grandma's house to swim in her pool. I remember my parents lounging in chairs for hours while the kids turned to wrinkled prunes…See More
Daisy commented on Daisy's blog post From Cucumbers to Pickles
"Pickling salt is simply salt that had no additives and is sold at most grocery stores. Common table salt often has iodine, etc. I think that sea salt is usually just basic salt and actually, since you aren't water bath canning these pickles,…"
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Get Your Processed Food Fix
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:00pm 3 Comments 2 Likes
The Happy Homesteader
I must admit, before moving to my homestead my diet was pretty much all American. As our concerns grew about what we were putting into our bodies, we decided that growing our own food was the best choice. Hence the homestead! I remember the first year here wondering if we would really be able to do it. Failures in the garden and seemingly endless time frames to when we would actually process any meat…
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Posted on July 31, 2012 at 1:00pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
The Happy Homesteader
You can tell what season it is by looking at my side table with the stack of books that never leaves! I have a permanent book pile that always contains an array of books that I am currently perusing. The pile is always there, but the selection changes seemingly from season to season and year to year. This is one of the things that I love about homesteading. You have so many varied things that you do…
Continue Homestead Pigs
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 1:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
The Happy Homesteader
Last week we had a litter of piglets born and each year I look forward to it so much! Baby piglets might just be the cutest thing on the farm. When you homestead it seems that it is not complete unless you have a pig. Watch any old movie where people lived closer to the land and grew their own food and you always see a pig in a pen. Usually…
The Torture of Weaning
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:09am 0 Comments 1 Like
If you raise animals you will inevitably be faced with the decision to wean or not to wean. Weaning is something that has been manipulated by domestication for so long that it has become sort of complicated. In the wild there is no one telling the young fawn that it needs to separate from it's mother other than the natural instinct that both mother and baby have telling them to get on with their lives. Neither one puts up a fuss and weaning ALWAYS takes place. When people began putting…
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