Last week, I told you the steps for raising turkeys. Today, I want to show you exactly how to butcher turkeys for meat. It is advisable to butcher turkeys between 12 and 14 weeks of age. *Please note, there will be pictures of dead turkeys below. So if you are squeamish or anti-killing farm animals, …
After we successfully raised chickens for eggs and for meat, we really wanted to expand our homestead efforts to include turkeys for meat as well. Just like with chickens, I love the idea of knowing where my Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner comes from, how it’s been raised, and what it’s eaten during it’s lifetime. That’s why …
It’s the end of November here in western Pennsylvania. That means it’s time to really buckle down and get the homestead ready for winter. I want to share with y’all what we do to winterize our homestead. I’ve even added a Winter Homesteader Checklist below that you can print! Winter Homestead Checklist Because we never …
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about single-use plastics and how major cities are banning them. But it makes me wonder about single-use papers (or similar) and how long until things like that will be banned as well. I mean, they may not be as environmentally devastating as plastic (which take a long time …
Some days I kick ass at homesteading. Some days, I’m all like: let’s bake bread from scratch, hang our clothes to dry, make a salad from the garden, sew the holes in my socks, I want a milk cow, and 4 goats, and 3 beef cows, and 4 pigs, and so on. Other days, I’m …
I’ve been on a cast iron kick lately! First, it was my mom’s cast iron apple pie recipe. Then, it was how to season cast iron. Now, I want to teach you how to clean cast iron. Much like seasoning cast iron, there is a lot of stigma around the process of cleaning cast iron. …
