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How To Make Black Pudding Blood Sausage

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · June 17, 2018 ·

how to make black pudding

The great English breakfast would not be complete without a slice of fried black pudding.  Read on to learn how to make black pudding or blood sausage at home so you can make the very most of nose to tail butchering.  Black pudding is also known as blood sausage … [Read more...] about How To Make Black Pudding Blood Sausage

Filed Under: Homesteading, Preserving Food Tagged With: black pudding, blood saussage, how to make black pudding, how to make blood sausage, nose to tail butchering

How To Start Homesteading

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · June 8, 2018 ·

how to start homesteading

Homesteading doesn't mean you need acres and acres of space.  There are lots you can do on a small scale without all the worry and hassle of managing acres of land! Read on to see how to start homesteading no matter where you live, with the budget you have. … [Read more...] about How To Start Homesteading

Filed Under: Homesteading Tagged With: homesteading for beginners, homesteading from scratch, how to homestead, How to start homesteading, suburban homestead, urban homestead

Homemade Laundry Soap Liquid

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · May 31, 2018 ·

how to make homemade laundry soap liquid

Making your own laundry detergent is quite straight forward and will cost you pennies per load.  But, is homemade laundry soap liquid really worth the effort and does it really clean a homesteader's clothes?  Read on for laundry soap recipes and how to make liquid … [Read more...] about Homemade Laundry Soap Liquid

Filed Under: Homesteading Tagged With: how to make laundry detergent, how to make laundry soap, laundry soap, liquid laundry detergent

Installing A Package Of Bees: The Tools and Prep You NEED Before They Arrive!

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · May 11, 2018 ·

Installing a package of bees the tools and prep you need

Installing a package of bees can be a nerve racking experience for a novice beekeeper and one which I promise you is far easier if you are prepared and ready to go before the bees arrive.  Read on to see what tools and preparations you need to make before installing a … [Read more...] about Installing A Package Of Bees: The Tools and Prep You NEED Before They Arrive!

Filed Under: Bees, Homesteading Tagged With: backyard beekeeping, bee guardian, BEEK, beekeeping tips, beekeeping tools, beginner beekeeping, installing a package of bees

Best Backyard Chicken Breeds For Suburban Homesteads

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · April 12, 2018 ·

best backyard chicken breeds for suburban homesteads

Backyard chickens are an easy venture into raising meat on the homestead and trying to find the right chicken breeds for backyard flocks can be challenging,  Suburban homesteads and urban homesteads have different needs for a backyard chicken breeds in a flock than a … [Read more...] about Best Backyard Chicken Breeds For Suburban Homesteads

Filed Under: Chickens, Homesteading Tagged With: backyard chicken breeds, backyard chickens, best chicken breeds for urban areas, raising chickens

Free Bees! How to Build Swarm Traps and Bait Hives Really Cheap

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · February 22, 2018 ·

Spring is just around the corner even if there is several inches of snow on the ground!  February is a great time to start building swarm traps and setting bait hives ready for swarm season to catch a free swarm.  I built this 3 frame bait hive using reclaimed wood … [Read more...] about Free Bees! How to Build Swarm Traps and Bait Hives Really Cheap

Filed Under: Bees, Homesteading Tagged With: bait hive, beekeeping, bees, biodynamic beekeeper, biodynamic beekeeping, how to, how to build, how to lure honeybees, lure bees in a trap, new beekeeper, swarm trap, swarms

New Chicken Yard With A Permaculture Twist

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · January 28, 2018 ·

chicken run permaculture food forest

I like to give my backyard chickens plenty of room to move about in but there are a couple of downsides to letting them free range throughout the whole yard. I'm going to use my skills as a Permaculture Designer to create a chicken friendly yard for them! … [Read more...] about New Chicken Yard With A Permaculture Twist

Filed Under: Chickens, Homesteading, Permaculture Tagged With: backyard chickens, backyard flock, chickens, free range chickens, keeping chickens, pallet projects, permaculture chicken run, Permaculture Design, permaculture orchard, raising chickens

My Hive Is Probably Dead

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · January 14, 2018 ·

I think my beehive is dead

My beehive is probably dead.  We hear no gentle humming when we put an ear up to the hive and the bodies of dead bees outside the door is piling up to alarming proportions.  I think I made a heap of novice beekeeping mistakes and those rookie errors killed my hive but I … [Read more...] about My Hive Is Probably Dead

Filed Under: Bees Tagged With: beekeeping, beekeeping mistakes, bees in winter, dead bees, dead hive, rookie beekeeper

The Homesteader Gift Guide (For The Winter Holidays or Any Time of Year)

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · December 10, 2017 ·

homesteader gift ideas

Holiday shopping is tough and my family found it hard to buy me things as gifts recently because they didn't know what I would like.  My husband bought 3 pairs of wellies for me to wear in winter around the homestead but none of them were right!  So to aid my family and … [Read more...] about The Homesteader Gift Guide (For The Winter Holidays or Any Time of Year)

Filed Under: Homesteading Tagged With: gardener gifts, gift ideas for homesteaders, gifts for gardeners, homestead gift, homesteader gifts

Precision Old Red Barn Chicken Coop Review

Emma @ Misfit Gardening · November 16, 2017 ·

Precision Old Red Barn Chicken Coop Review

Prefabricated chicken coops make it easy for people to start raising backyard chickens.  I bought a Precision Old Red Barn II chicken coop, see how it went together and how well it performs for my backyard flock. … [Read more...] about Precision Old Red Barn Chicken Coop Review

Filed Under: Chickens, Homesteading Tagged With: backyard chickens, Chicken Coop Review, chickens, coops, raising chickens

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I may have gotten carried away with the Easy Ferme I may have gotten carried away with the Easy Fermenter. Means I can make delicious fermented foods easily on an evening after work.

A gallon of my spicy kimchi using last year's dried pepper harvest, 1/2 gallon of pickles and soon some lemon dill sauerkraut followed by spicy fermented green beans.

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The rampant raspberries have been churning out so The rampant raspberries have been churning out so many berries! 

The 1/4 acre of untamed raspberries that I've been picking over the last couple of weeks have resulted in a couple of gallons of berries in the freezer, 8 8oz jars of jam and several pints of fresh eating for us and the neighbors not to mention those eaten whilst picking 😄

Now it's time to leave what's left for the birds who will help keep the pests in check. What seems a mess in the yard can be a haven for pollinators and your garden pest police.

#growyourownfood #preservetheharvest #canningseason #canning #canningandpreserving #growyourown #ediblegardening #organicgardening #organichomestead #homesteader #homesteading
No pesticide, no fertilizer, left to nature. Some No pesticide, no fertilizer, left to nature. Some foraging around the homestead to find rogue raspberry canes.

Harvested 4 lbs of raspberries this week and we won't talk about how many got eaten whilst picking 😄

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I let the native plants grow and banned my hubby f I let the native plants grow and banned my hubby from mowing. The milkweed is glorious this morning!

#mainenativeplants #savethebees #milkweed #pollinatorfriendlygardening #homesteading #organicgardening
Cassini was the first of the cosmic collie naming Cassini was the first of the cosmic collie naming theme and right now this girl is the happiest she's been since Juno and Magellan arrived at the homestead!

Cuddles with Daddy made all the difference, this girl worked so hard with training and nailed it! Although something tells me that training with her Daddy might be better than training Mum 😂

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For the love of a border collie 😍 Newest homes For the love of a border collie 😍

Newest homestead helpers joining Cassini are the cosmic collies Juno and Magellan!

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Enjoying some sunshine on the homestead. Volt seem Enjoying some sunshine on the homestead. Volt seems happy to be smelling all the wildlife out here!

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Dinner fresh from the garden! #gardenersofinstagra Dinner fresh from the garden!
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Martin's Carrot Hot Peppers!!!!! Small but Spicy Martin's Carrot Hot Peppers!!!!!

Small but Spicy 😍

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