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Anyone ever consider (or try) to start a food forest at your home instead (or in addition to when starting) the traditional garden? I did plant some squash around trees this year at our home and they grew but didn't fruit. I am hoping to read up more on food forests this winter and see how I...

Anyone every use them in baking, for syrup, jelly? Would love to hear how it tastes and if you have a recipe to share please do!

So I freeze kale and spinch, which I know are hardier than lettuce but has anyone ever frozen lettuce? I am thinking fresh from the garden not store bough(if there would be a difference). My mom said my sister tried it last year but our relationship is strained so we don't talk much so not sure...

Anyone deworm their chickens? Mine are confined and not free ranged but are healthy and all are laying. Run is completely covered and wrapped for the winter-dry floor. Feeder is hung from the ceiling and water bowl is dumped nightly and fully cleaned 1x a week. I have read articles that it is...

Anyone have any experience starting grapes from cuttings? I think that I might be able to get about 10-15 cuttings in the next week or so. I read that I can put them in a dirt flat (or in the ground, but that won't work here, lol) and put them back outside until spring. Anyone have any...

Doing some research and planning out cages for rabbits and breeding. going to start small with 1 buck and 2 does---will then keep from first couple litters from each doe to keep growing. Thinking about starting with Californians and/or New Zealand. Couple questions-- How many does can I house...

We have a farm near by raises chickens, you can buy chicks to young hens. They are big on biosecurity, you wear booties when you are there ;) Looking for thoughts on quarantine/isolation time before integrating 3 new ones to my flock? I have a friend that quarantines for 2-4weeks and then two...

Right now I have 7 chickens that I keep in a covered run year round. Lots of space 250 sq ft and plenty of dirt/wood chips/etc to bathe in. Getting 9 chicks this spring and hopefully will have a round or two hatched at home so I would love to have the whole flock free range together. IF needed I...

Looking for advice for the upcoming spring. I am planning, and hoping, for a broody hen this spring so she can hatch some eggs. I have never done chicks, ever! Lol. I don't have the time or patience to do chicks solo so hoping one of my girls can help me out. I have floor space under the...

So the last couple days there has been a fair amount of feathers in the coop. I know that my 2 Polish did a light molt at the beginning of Dec-I believe it was because our fall and early winter were so warm and mild. Today one of Brahmas come out for their daily snack of veggies and quite a...

Has anyone ever planted? I keep reading that they are more for zone 6 and higher but can be brought in to overwinter in zones such as mine. My concern is most places I have found do not ship until Aug/Sept so if planted right away and 1st frost in in Oct, I feel that I would just start getting...

One goal this year at our homestead is setting up a functioning compost area. I have been looking at plans for squares and round/cylinder types. I like the "looks" of the cylinder but how do you turn the mixture? I also saw and liked a strawbale structured one, but wondering if it will invite...

ok first winter with chickens--they are pets to the point of they have a job and we give them attention, definitely not the same level as the cat and dog but loved. So 1st cold night--the coop got down to 6 degrees, not too bad, they all survived :) There was frost on the ceiling and...

DH had brought home some nice work gloves that have been great until recently. They do not keep my hands warm at all and my fingers are burning before I am halfway into outside chores. Anyone have any recommendations? I am hoping to find something that I wont have to change into and aren't too...

I got the itch for ducks. I am thinking Khaki Campbells, about 4 of them. I have been hunting on Craigslist all morning for a shed or dog house to convert. DH doesn't know as he is sleeping, lol. 2 questions if anyone can help--how much ventilation do they need at night if I close up their...

when i was younger (think 12 years old) I made a rag rug with an old toothbrush made into a needle that a family friend taught me to make. She is no longer alive so I am not able to reach out to her but I would like to make a couple rag rugs for the house as a winter project. Does anyone have...

apparently I didn't think this whole water in the winter thing all the way through--lol. First winter with chickens, outside well pump frozen today, is it ok for my chickens to drink our softened water or do DH and I need to figure out an alternative source? Seems like there is conflicting...

Starting to plan ahead for next spring and making my garden plans and what we are going to add new this year. Wanting to add grapes this year, so that in a couple years we can have our own and not have to rely on my uncle :) Anyone have a type that works best for everything-eating, juice...

So beyond some of the normal winter stuff--livestock tending, spring/summer garden planning, winter growing, etc--what are some of the projects everyone is going to be working on this winter? I know some of you aren't as shut in as I will be, but I am interested to hear what everyone is working...

Anyone have a small batch recipe they would love to share? I have two purple cabbages in the fridge that need to be used soon. Could be water bath canning recipe or just refrigerator. Thanks!