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Classic Homesteading Practices
Classic Homesteading Practices
Author: Christi B. Commentary
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Homesteading skills and knowledge for you to use in your everyday life, from gardening, to raising live stock, even to making your own clothes, when your ready to learn come one over I have lots to share.
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This is the second part of pigs behavior and welfare explaining signs of fear and stress in pigs and how to reduce it, pen size and exploring habits, along with cleanliness behaviors and rooting around.
This is an in depth reading and commentary or the book farm animal behavior from Ingvar Ekesbo and we are staring off with pigs! I'm so excited to share this knowledge with you
It's time for the next season of Classic Homesteading Practices where I commintate and share information on farm animal behavior, health, and care from the book, Farm animal behavior by Ingvar Ekesbo. Im so excited to share all this wonderful information to help you and your animals in your farming achievements!
This is my experience in growing zuchinni from supplies, to length of growth, northern vs. Southern watering practices and of course, eating ideas. May this prepare you for anything . . . zuchinni related!
This is an episode on growing tomatoes from beginning to end
This is talking about growing or making building materials that can help you with an alternative to spending money at the store for lumber. Living off your own resources in your backyard or for a really low price
This is for people who want a faster way to grow plants or a different way than seed starting to grow their garden.
This episode talks about interval or succession planting which helps keep you growing and harvesting through the entire season.
For anyone who has had to deal with these pesky leaf eaters, this is my help for you. Aphid, slug, horn worm, and earwig control for your garden. Good luck, and may you be prepared for anything!
This is an episode specifically for making and filling raised garden beds.
Gardening pots are something I took for granted until I needed them to keep my gardening dreams alive. For those eof you who wish to grow and feel like you can't, I made this episode for you and everyone else. Because truly potted gardens are the most versatile of garden styles.
Picking out dirt for your garden can be hard at times let alone expensive. This is to help you understand dirt and why see which one you might want to have.
It may not seem like a topic worth talking about but garden tools are important, but you don't need them all. Here are my favorites plus I wanted to talk to you about other tools and their purpose.
This is basic information on Spring planting and the plants that you can grow. Why it may be better to grow these crops in spring rather than summer.
If you want a green thumb or have one and want a little bit more material this is my knowledge on seed starting.
This is for all the gardening and animal folk looking for a better route to either getting dirt or making it for their homestead.
Bee keeping is a wonderful way to bring sweetener on to your homestead needing sugar. For anyone interested in learning a little on bee keeping this is for you.
Make fertilizer from worms!
I will be talking to today about sheep and why you would have them. How to take care of them through housing, feeding, and steering them, along with processing the wool (fleece).





