thechosenweeds

I have a confession to make.  I’m addicted to cheese (there must be a group for this, like Cheese Lover’s Anonymous).  Seriously, I could easily eat a whole block.  So it’s nice when I learned how to make my own using fresh, raw goats milk from our own animals (Somehow there is much less guilt
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It’s never a dull moment on the homestead, and when you wake up to blood in your chick’s poop, that will really get your gears going.  Thank goodness for the internet where you can research your way to a diagnosis for your animals, or, if you’re not careful, a hypochondriac animal owner. Two days ago
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Things quickly got real on The Chosen Weeds Farm this weekend.  I debated whether to make a post of this or not, but when I started this website one of the themes I decided to try to convey would be honesty and authenticity; and that includes being honest about the mistakes we make even if
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  We have had some ups and downs with our garden this year.  The spring harvest was fantastic and was an improvement from last year (year to year improvements are always good).  Then the rains came…. lots of it.  And then the bugs came…..lots of those too.  After that was a hot, dry spell which is
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I grew up on a small homestead in Indiana. We grew our own food and my mom taught us how to can and preserve. I was in 4-H for ten years, and I spent 20 plus years working with horses. I remember a lot of the lessons I learned growing up this way, and I’m
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[This post contain affiliate links] I love homesteading, I really do. It is my dream to do this full time eventually. I love gardening and working with animals. I love experimenting with what works in our homestead and sharing that with my readers and friends. But there are some things that I have come to
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[This post contain affiliate links] One of the things I love doing is cooking for those I love.  Cooking a healthy meal is really one way that I show my love for others.  I love taking a recipe and modifying it and making it even more delicious and nutritious.   Sometimes I have epic fails
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This podcast hit close to home as I was listening today.  I am battling regulations within the small town where I live in Texas over a fence and livestock on my property that has had a ripple affect on my life. Listen to Tom Woods and Per Bylund, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Records-Johnston Professor of
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Here at Chosen Weeds Farm, we have eagerly anticipated the arrival of kids (goat kids that is).  Besides the fact that baby goats are just plain fun, we wanted to reap the  health benefits of raw goat milk. Kidding day has come and gone with two sets of healthy, rambunctious twins.  Below is the first
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