Farm Eggs 101 & The Float Test
Whether you have chickens or buy farm eggs from your local farmer's market, you know that golden yolky goodness is hard to beat. Here's...
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May 20, 20216 min read
Buying our Livestock Guardian Dog Puppy
This spring we bought our first Livestock Guardian Dog, a 13 week old Great Pyrenees puppy. In this blog, I share my favorite resources I...
Apr 26, 20214 min read
Choosing a Guardian for Our Goat Herd
If you have been following me, you know I LOVE my goats. Goats are wonderful for raising, milking, and clearing brush, but are not so...
Feb 1, 20214 min read
How to Build a Farm Fence | Step 4: How to Hang Gates (4/4)
Learn how to build a fence for your hobby farm with this step by step blog series. First step: plan the fence line. Second step: how to...
Jan 11, 20217 min read
How to Build a Farm Fence | Step 3: In-Line Posts & Stringing Wire (3/4)
T-posts, brace posts and netwire make up the bulk of your fence. After this step, you'll be able to see all the fruits of your hard work...
Jan 4, 20218 min read
How to Build a Farm Fence | Step 2: How to Build an H-brace (2/4)
H braces provide the strength and stability to keep your fence strong and in place. Learn how to build a fence for your hobby farm with...
Dec 2, 20207 min read
How to Build a Farm Fence | Step 1: Plan the Fence Line (1/4)
Building a farm fence is no small job, but important to any hobby farm for pastures and pens that keep animals safe. Learn how to build a...
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Harvesting Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly pears are the vibrant pink fruit on cactus that are everywhere in the Texas hill country in the fall. Harvesting prickly pears...
Jul 24, 20203 min read
Keeping Chickens Cool in the Summer
Chickens don't love the heat and these Texas summers are brutal for them. They stop laying eggs and can even die of heat stroke. We have...
Jun 19, 20203 min read
Bottle Baby Goat Feeding Schedule
Baby goats are one of my favorite things on earth and having bottle babies for whatever reason is a fun, yet very time consuming, way to...
Jun 5, 20201 min read
How to Break a Broody Hen | Guest Post from Fresh Eggs Daily
A broody hen is essentially a hen that is sitting on her nest of eggs trying to hatch them. If you just have hens, and therefore no...
May 22, 20203 min read
Square Foot Garden Planning
Planning your garden can seem daunting, but as long as you are organized and plan so that nature can do its work, it is a pretty simple...
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