Sometimes this homestead/farming thing is just plain hard. Sometimes, if I were honest with you, I just want to throw in the towel and forget it. It can get discouraging when plants don’t produce the way want them to, when animals get sick, and when things break down. It can even be more discouraging when
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Well, Duck Eggs Maybe Your Answer Recently, we had a person contact us specifically for duck eggs. In fact, she has spent a lot of time searching for individuals in our area that sold duck eggs. She even went so far as Louisiana to purchase them. Why, I wondered? Turns out she is allergic to
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The Drumstick Tree I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE finding new plants that will grow well here in southeast Texas and lucky me, I have found a great tree. Yeah me! We have several fruit trees on the property. These include pear, peach, lemon, loquat, and fig. All are organized into a permaculture guild (. The hurricane
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Why Has My Local Farmer’s Chickens Stopped Laying Eggs? I NEED MY EGGS!!! I hear you. Believe me I do. There are many reasons that hens stopped laying, and when you are used to buying eggs from the supermarket where there is a ready supply, you may not realize that there is a natural cycle
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This is something that always comes up when we sell eggs to customers. Do we wash our eggs or not? The short answer is yes and no. The long answer is we try to avoid it whenever we can. Why is that, you ask? Eggs have a special coating on the outside called the bloom.
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Are You Getting What You Pay For In Your Goat Milk Soap? 4 Reasons Raw Goat Milk Soaps are Superior “You have goats; you have GOT to make some goat milk soap.” This is what my friend, who had taught me to make goat milk soap, said to me one day. “Well, I don’t know…..It
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The Power of Calendula Calendula is fast becoming one of my favorite flowers. Really, there is not much not to like about this little, power-packed posey. Calendula is a member of the daisy family. Maybe that is why I like it so much. I have always loved daisies, they seem so whimsical and carefree. Calendula
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Maybe I am biased (ok, not maybe, I am), but goat milk soap is the best soap I have ever used. Where to begin? As Mary Poppins would say, the beginning is a very good place to start. Let’s start with the ingredients in your typical store bought soap. Contrary to many of the
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This past weekend was the second weekend that our local farmer’s market was held. As I have had the opportunity to meet more of our local community, I considered why people may be buying locally more and why it is so important to know your local farmer and food sources. For us, I think the
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Harvesting is in full swing here on the farm. Not only are we pickling, dehydrating, and freezing veggies, but we are also selling them. Last weekend, I spent a few hours with my youngest daughter meeting so many new people at the Bridge City Farmer’s Market while selling our chemical free veggies and goat milk
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