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7 Creative Ways to Use Milk From Your Goats

Animals | Farm Management | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Goat milk has nutritional advantages over cow's milk, and you can use it for many delicious and pragmatic ends. Here are several to consider.

Living Off the Grid: Learn Milking by Hand

Animals | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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You can have homegrown milk, cheese and yogurt in many varieties with suitable small-farm dairy cattle, goat and sheep breeds. Here are the basics on the animals and milking.

Learn to Make Your Own Herbal Tea Dissolves

Homesteading
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With these DIY herbal tea dissolves, you can enjoy a quick home-brewed herbal tea without messy tea or a tea bag. Here's what to do.

Heal & Rejuvenate Yourself for Farming: Herbal Body Oiling

Homesteading
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"Self-care" often doesn't make it into the farmer's lexicon, but follow these steps to infuse oil and help your body be as fit as possible for the work you do.

Far Off the Grid: Embracing Tiny-House Homesteading on 10 Acres

Farm Management | Homesteading | News |
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Homesteading has a level of unpredictability, as well as challenges and rewards, that keep Teri Page, her husband and their two kids learning and growing.

Adopt a Wild Horse or Burro for Your Farm

Animals | Homesteading | Large Animals | News |
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A program administered by the Bureau of Land Management has sent some 240,000 animals to private care since it started in 1971. Here's how it works.

5 Herbs for Dry Winter Skin and Oils to Pair Them With

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Seek these herbal allies this winter to soothe dehydrated, wind-burned skin. Here are facts about the herbs as well as several oils to use for infusions.

Make Your Own Stone Boat to Haul Rocks From Fields

Equipment | Homesteading |
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These DIY guidelines provide plans for building an old-fashioned stone boat, which can be used to remove large rocks or other debris from fields.

Brew Your Own Beer — No Hops Required

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Recipes |
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You don't need hops to brew your own beer. This easy home-brewing method includes water, sugar and yeast as well as herbs and other edible botanicals you can grow yourself.

4 Creative Uses for Old Tires on a Farm

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Homesteading | Large Animals | Urban Farming |
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Have a bunch of old tires sitting around your farm? Consider thinking beyond a recycling service and putting them to use in creative new ways.

Plant a Memory Garden to Help Healing Happen

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Large Animals | Urban Farming |
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Planting a memory garden is a therapeutic way to honor and grieve the loss of a close friend.

Need a Reason to Cook With Lard? We’ve Got You Covered

Homesteading
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Resurrect lard, the cooking fat from generations past, and discover the flavor and nutrition it can bring to your kitchen.

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