Northern Homesteading

02/06/2025

The February edition of Grow Your Life is in-stock!
Get yours at northernhomesteading.etsy.com

01/31/2025

Alright friends, what varieties of tomato plants would you like to see for sale this spring?

01/30/2025

Do you know how to preserve food? Can I teach you? Here's a great resource to get started.

Storing up bulk amounts of food is as practical and as natural as a bird flying. It's in nature all around us, and it's been…

01/30/2025

How much do you know about good hay? Take my quiz and find out.

What is the common protein content of grass hay?

01/24/2025

Whether you have or want to get chickens, you want clean, healthful eggs. Here are tips from a holistic farmer

Fresh chicken eggs are the easiest high-nutrition food a person can provide for themselves. Unfortunately, they can be very dirty and covered in bird manure.…

01/23/2025

What you thought you knew is probably wrong. Soil wants to be fertile. Learn to tend it properly.

Essential Ecosystems (better soil biology) Soil is a living, breathing, and replicating ecosystem similar in many respects to the human body. What we often view…

01/22/2025

Introduction to Livestock Nutrition, a printable guide.

This is a brief excerpt from my video course Feed Independance. The full course, ad-free, is available Here. Livestock Nutritional Needs Introduction The basics of…

01/21/2025

Grow Better Potatoes This Year Potatoes are a food crop dating back as far as we know in the Andes Mountain region of South America.…

01/21/2025

Okay, here are my secrets for growing great potatoes.

Grow Better Potatoes This Year Potatoes are a food crop dating back as far as we know in the Andes Mountain region of South America.…

01/20/2025

https://northernhomesteading.com/index.php/2025/01/20/raising-silver-fox-rabbits-for-meat/

Rabbits are one of the best choices of livestock for a family trying to self-sufficient. They are very small and incredibly calm natured. They aren’t…

01/19/2025

Here's my kid's favorite biscuit recipe!
https://northernhomesteading.com/index.php/2025/01/19/4-ingredient-biscuits/

01/14/2025

Grow Your Life - January issue is a guide to raising and keeping sheep. Get yours today at our Etsy store below! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1858484193/grow-your-life-january

01/13/2025

Grow Your Life, special eddition!
Guide to Sheep
Will be available for purchase after I get home from work tomorrow and get it on the web store.

01/06/2025

My forrage crops are looking good already. It's a mix of 9 species, both annual and perennial. This is an old pig pen that will now grow sheep feed.

01/03/2025

I started in pigs 7 years ago. It took a week to fell the trees, pick the stones, and split the rails for the fence. Quite a nice little pig pen if I do say so myself.

01/02/2025

My six and four year old daughters worked together to plant 50 wilow trees yesterday. The will grow into a hedge that will be used to feed our sheep.

12/30/2024

I absolutely love a good acorn squash. These will be our seed stock for sale in the spring.

12/08/2024

The December issue of Grow Your Life magazine is hot off the printer! Now available on ETSY. Here's a link to it down below. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1839244001/grow-your-life-december