How much meat is in a whole pig? This is a common question for both the aspiring farmer, and new farm customer. As the slow food movement grows, more and more families are either deciding to grow their own pork, or buy their pork from a local farm. For the last 5 years we have raised […]
3 Ways to Find the Secret Spots that Hold More Fish!
There is one thing standing in-between you and the best fishing spots in your town. That’s a good fishing mentor. You could spend the next 3 years buying a whole lot of lures and bait, running to every body of water at least 3 times, fishing both shores, and logging and comparing your results. Or […]
Campfire: Fishing in Rhode Island’s Salt Ponds… and Telling an outdoors story: Skunked
Join us at the Homesteady Campfire: a compilation of stories in the outdoors. In this new kind of episode, Campfire, the crew of Homesteady, Austin, Mike, and the rest, take you on their annual trip to Rhode Island. On this annual trip, they wake each day long before sunrise, and head out into the salt ponds to […]
3 Things Every Whitetail Deer Wants
There is a reason the whitetail deer is the most hunted game in the world. Whitetail deer are beautiful. They are smart. They are prolific (now). And they are delicious. But before you can taste delicious venison, you need to be able to kill a deer, and to do that you need to outsmart one… […]
The Business of Backyard Farming 101
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How an Hour at the Farmer’s Market Can Change Your Life
If you want to have a successful homestead, one with healthy animals and vibrant crops, and you want to enjoy your time homesteading, you need to take off Saturday morning. This Saturday. That is if there is a farmers market in season. If you’re reading this and it’s winter, well, look hard. Winter markets are […]