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Chicken Ordinances. Can I have chickens in my backyard?
Learn how to find out if keeping chickens is legal where you live. Becky tells you who to call and what to say.
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Crusty Bread Recipe
Becky shows you how to make crusty bread at home. This is a very easy recipe that’s perfect for beginners who’ve never made bread before.
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Goat Milk Soap Recipe
Becky’s goat milk soap recipe. Becky shows you how to make soap with lye, goat milk, olive oil, & lavender.
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Cold Process Soap Recipe
Becky’s beginner bar soap recipe. Cold process soap with only 3 ingredients: lye, lard & water. Becky shows you how to make your own bar soap from start to finish in this homesteading video.
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Pork Sandwich Recipe
I like to cook my own homegrown food for my friends and family. In this recipe I use homestead ground pork, eggs, onions and tomatoes. It is so fresh and tasty when you get your ingredients from your backyard. To me that’s what homesteading is all about. Then to be able to share it with…
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How I Finally Grew A Veggie Garden
I thought I needed a field garden of some kind to be a “real” gardener. You know, rows of plants in the ground. After getting almost nothing for three years that way I was desperate. I didn’t care how, I just wanted to grow veggies. This year I tried container gardening, and I’ve been growing…
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Keeping Your Chickens Happy and Healthy Through The Dog Days of Summer
When summer is about halfway through my friends start asking me if my hens are still laying eggs. My answer is always yes. My hens lay eggs all year very steady. Then I ask them, why do you ask? They say theirs quit and it must be because it’s too hot, but the temperature is…
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Learning To Make Adjustments
I would like to talk about a very important aspect of homesteading. Adjustments, the need comes along quite often so I want to talk about having the right attitude while making adjustments. The most important thing is to not let yourself feel like a failure if you have to make an adjustment. If you’re like…
