Tag Archives: Homesteading

Canning and Preserving Ebook 50% off

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Jennifer

Faithful Homestead Canning and Preserving: Fruits and Fruit Pie Fillings Ebook for 50% off. Regularly priced at $2.99 on sale for $1.49 through Friday. Faithful Homestead Canning and Preserving: Fruits and Fruit Pie Fillings contains recipes for canning 6 different … Continue reading →

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Monday Night Movies on the Farm

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Jennifer

During the past few weeks, we have had a couple of fun “Monday Night Movies;” the first was when one of our best sows farrowed and the second was a week ago when Adisyn’s Hereford cow calved. This particular sow … Continue reading →

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Portable Automatic Waterer

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Jennifer

Recently we set up an automatic waterer on a pallet so that it could be portable.  We don’t really want to put a lot of permanent infrastructure on this farm as we are just renting it, but we also like … Continue reading →

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A+ Interactive Math Review

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Jennifer

I received a 6 month subscription to the Family Math Package of A+ Interactive Math to use with Brock, Adisyn, Eli and Rebekah.  A+ is an online, interactive, multisensory homeschool math course that covers 1st grade through Algebra I. The Family … Continue reading →

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Gilt Farrowing Difficulty

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Jennifer

Yesterday evening when we started doing chores, we were pleased to see that a gilt we had been waiting on to farrow (have baby pigs) had started.  She had two when we first checked her. We typically like to give … Continue reading →

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