One of my favorite things about the modern homesteading movement is that it is flexible. I use to think that the only way a person could ever be considered a farmer or rancher was to have thousands upon thousands of acres and make a full-time living off of their land. But, definitions are changing... In the past, I've talked about the idea of being a modern-day homesteader, no matter where you may live, and in more recent ...Continue Reading
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Eggs: To Wash or Not to Wash?
I'm pretty laid-back when it comes to my home-grown foods. I'll eat unwashed veggies from my garden (we're 100% organic, of course), raw milk straight from Oakley the cow, and raw eggs from our chickens. Buuut, some people aren't quite so, shall we say, accepting. And sometimes when you give people a carton of chicken eggs to take home that have bits of shavings and feathers stuck to them, it kinda grosses them out. But no big ...Continue Reading