By Melissa Norris | Chickens , Livestock , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Knowing how to butcher a chicken at home is a skill not for the faint of heart, but one essential if you want to be self-sustainable and raise your own livestock from start to table. We’ve been butchering our own chickens for 6+ years now and have learned a few things over the years to […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Chickens , Livestock , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Chickens are so rewarding but they can be surprisingly aggressive with one another and integrating flocks needs to be done with some care. I’ve gotten lots of questions on integrating your new chicks into existing flocks and if you should keep meat birds with your laying hens. Read on my friend for all these answers […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Chickens , Livestock , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Raising chickens for meat can be extremely rewarding as well as delicious. Knowing what to expect throughout the process of raising meat birds is important. Often times people have a bad experience because they don’t understand how the care of meat birds differs from heritage meat birds or laying hens. No worries, I lay it […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
These 8 common mistakes made by new gardeners are easy to avoid once you know what they are! My guest today, Stacey Murphy, will be explaining what mistakes people make in their garden when they’re growing their vegetables and herbs. Stacey is one of the world’s top gardening experts, featured on Martha Stewart Radio and […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead-Life , Podcast , Preparedness/Survival , Raising Your Own Food
I’m going to be sharing with you what we are doing differently on our homestead over what we’ve done in the past. I’ll share how we’re increasing our food production and some things that you might want to think about to increase your own food production where you live as well. Now, I had already […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Knowing what fruit and nut producing trees to plant for an earlier harvest is extremely helpful so you can choose the best varieties to feed your family. We also highlight some fun uncommon plants that are edible and provide beauty to your yard and landscape. Today’s episode has so much great information as well as […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food
Learn to grow elderberries with these easy planting tips. Elderberries are known for their wonderful berries, prized as homegrown medicine and their showy white blossoms. With the shortage and cost increase of elderberries, there’s never been a better time to grow your own. They’ve been long praised for their medicinal purposes and make a delicious […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
How to keep weeds out of the garden naturally involves putting in some time and effort ahead of time. It can make a tremendous difference in the time and effort you need to put into the garden once the growing season starts. Today I’ll walk you through what we are doing to prep not only […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Raising Your Own Food
If you have apple trees, knowing how to prune apple trees correctly is critical to the health of your trees and the amount of harvest you’ll receive. Learn how to prune apple trees in winter or if your climate is more suited to summer pruning. Pruning is necessary for many reasons, it helps to reduce […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Sustainability and food security is a huge factor in why people start homesteading and can be created with a home garden. My guest today, Luke from MIGardener, saw early on that the cost of a packet of seeds as somewhat prohibitive and proceeded to do something about it. He started MIGardener in 2011, with the […]
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