This is a page for sharing tips, ideas, recipes for having your own backyard farm. Me, my husband, and three teenage sons are setting up and enjoying our own little farm right in the middle of town!
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What's Happening on Our Farm
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Hawaiian Ham - This is an easy way to use up leftover ham. Drain a can of pineapple chunks, reserve the juice. Saute some: ham, cut into chunks thinly sliced carrots cho...
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Door Mat Makeover - Our doormat at the front door used to say “God Bless Our Home”. But after walking on it and wiping muddy feet on it for a couple of years, it didn’t say an...
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Backyard Farming Tips
Proverbs 28:19
My Inspirations For Living More Simply
- Our Creator
- too much stuff
- our budget
- being more healthy
- My farmer friends
- It's fun!!!
Genesis 2:15
Farm Sites
- Learn Beekeeping
- World of Beekeeping
- Beekeeping for Dummies
- Ruhl Bee Supply
- Farmwife at Midlife
- Lehman's old fashioned merchandise
- The Hermity Farmer-Women
- Food in Jars
- Weck Jars
- He Sows & She Sews
- Canning USA
- Sweet Preservation
- Custer Family Farm
- Clear Gel recipes
- Pomona Pectin
- Herbal Com
- Bramble Berry Inc
- Liberty Natural
- Bob's Red Mill
- Payton's Produce
- The Inadvertent Farmer
- D. Landreth Seed Cpmpany
- Chic Daisy
- The Pioneer Woman
- Territoral Seed Company
- Ed Hume Seeds
- Burn's Feed Store
- McMurray Hatchery
- My Pet Chicken
- Henderson's Chicken Breed List
- Backyard Chickens
- Raising Chickens
- Chicken Coop Plans
- Passionate Homemaking
- Cold Antler Farm
- Essential Wholesale
- Metro Paint
- Miller Soap - soap recipes
- Homemade Bath and Body Recipes
Books With Good Ideas
- Chickens In Your Backyard by Rick & Gail Luttmann (a good basic introduction on raising chickens on your backyard farm)
- The Busy Person's Guide to Preserving Food by Janet Chadwick (the title says it all! And it has lots of practical recipes and a terrific introducition!)
- The Backyard Homestead edited by Carleen Madigan (I LOVE this book, it has info on EVERYTHING you need to know! A terrific resource!)
- Made From Scratch by Jenna Woginrich (this was a nice story that inspires you to start your own backyard homestead and has some good resources, too)
- Reader's Digest Vegetable Gardening (this book has everything you need to know about both organic and mostly-organic gardening with some extra bonuses)
- Small Batch Preserving (has great recipes that don't require tons of produce in order to can)
- Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving (everything you need to know about canning, freezing, and dehydrating with great recipes, too)
- Joey Green's Gardening Magic (interesting and unconvential ideas and funny, too)
- Living Like Ed by Ed Begley, Jr (I just liked the book and enjoyed the writing style he uses)
- Squeaky Green by Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry (lots of info on all the toxic stuff in your home)
- Saving God's Green Earth by Tri Robinson (good book about environmental stewardship)
- Natural Cleaning For Your Home by Casey Kellar (recipes for homemade household cleaners that I really like)