How much money can you make raising pigs? Find out in this pig farming video brought to you by www.thisishomesteady.com. Every year we raise feeder pigs on our homestead. We raise them to feed our family the most delicious pork we can possibly get, and also to sell to our local community. Pastured pork is […]
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Do You Save Money Hunting?
Do you save money hunting? This is a tricky question, with many answers, but I thought it would be fun to do a quick breakdown…. First let’s consider what harvesting a deer is worth in meat value. When I harvest a deer and butcher it myself, a smaller deer yields around 40 lbs of free […]
Meat Hunter? Trophy Hunter? or Just Hunter?
Every November, K and I pack up the family and head out to Pennsylvania. My in-laws live there on a 100 acre farm. The farm is beautiful, a great mix of fields and hardwoods. And it is loaded with deer! For those of you who are new to hunting, November is a great month for […]
When is the Best Time to Plant Apple Trees?
You may have heard the saying? The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. I’m going to guess that you don’t live where you did 20 years ago… Am I right? You know what that means? If I’m right, then the second best time (now) just […]
The Aftermath
This week was a CRAZY week for us. Monday we released our new episode of the Podcast, “Why We’re Selling Our Farm”. B O O M ! It exploded onto the internet, with the biggest download day we have had in a year. 4,000 downloads in 1 day… WOW! And a lot of mixed reactions. […]
Simple Survival Kit
A week ago I was startled awake at 1:00 am by something scary. It helped me realize that there has been a glaring deficiency in Homesteady over these last few years. For a show focused so much on self sufficiency and self reliance, we have covered WAY TO LITTLE about preparedness. Actually we have covered nothing about […]
