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Who Works Harder?
We are cleaning up from supper tonight, or at least I am, and my husband bemoaning the fact that I am going to put some hours in at my job answering emails and I still have to do the evening … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Homesteading
Tagged children, family, farm, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, nigerian meadows
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Parasite Management : Cross Grazing
This is a sequel post about parasite management, the first can be found here. Today I am going to talk about cross grazing different livestock to help control parasites and keep resistance to de-wormers or heavy parasite loads to a … Continue reading
Posted in Homesteading, Uncategorized
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, cross-grazing, eating well, family, farm, farm pictures, food, goat, goat care, goats, grazing, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, livestock health, nigerian dwarf goat, nigerian meadows, outdoors, parasite management, pasture, pasture management, pgs
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One Counter Down!
I did it! I have pictures of the butcher block counter all spiffed up and sealed. Take a look! And another look… And here it is with stuff on it, lol! I found the crock at Salvation Army for 0.25 … Continue reading
Posted in Homesteading, Saving Money on the Homestead
Tagged building, butcher block, canning, children, cooking, crowder peas, eating well, family, farm, farm pictures, fig preserves, food, garden, gardening, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, kitchen, natural health, nigerian meadows, preserving, progress step, remodeling
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Workin’ Bees
A friend is teaching me how to work bees. It is extremely fascinating, and I took some pictures to help me remember what we were doing. I am also doing homework, and more than ever wanting our own set of … Continue reading
Posted in Homesteading
Tagged amazing creatures, animal, animal care, animals, bee, bee hives, bee keeping, bee pictures, bees, bees on the homestead, busy bees, community, eating well, family, farm, farm pictures, fun, garden, gardening, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, keeping bees, kitchen, langstroth hives, natural health, nigerian meadows, school, teaching, work, working hives
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Fixin’ Chicken
Tonight I prepared the chickens we processed earlier in the week for Sunday meals. It was bittersweet in some ways. Zombie chicken faced his second death, and this time didn’t rise. It was also the boys first time being present … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Family, Homesteading
Tagged animal, animals, butchering chickens, chicken, chickens, children, children and chickens, eating well, family, farm, food, healthy-living, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, kitchen, natural health, nigerian meadows, processing chickens, teaching
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Painting the Chicken Coop
I have been talking about the chicken coop addition I have been working on for a while now, and it is finally almost complete. An end wall in a nest box and latches, plus a gate to the pen, are … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Homesteading, Saving Money on the Homestead
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, chick, chicken, chicken coop, chicken nest, children, family, farm, farm pictures, hen, homemade chicken coop, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, nest, nest boxes, nigerian meadows, reusing, rooster, scavenging
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They Did It Again…
Well, my guys were at it again. A brand new video released from BigBrother Productions at Nigerian Meadows. Amazing how these young actors and producers and script writers run with an idea and turn it into reality 🙂 This whole … Continue reading
Computers and Aquaponics
Good morning friends! I had to get up before the crack of dawn to write this. I’m afraid if I don’t get up hours before my family normally rises I cannot get on the computer. Husband has been gone all … Continue reading
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Tagged aquaculture, aquaponic system, aquaponics, backyard aquaponics, compost bins, eating well, eco-system, facebook, family, farm, feed storage, fish, food, garden, garden beds, gardening, growing fish, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, kitchen, natural health, nigerian meadows, poor computer, teach children aquaponics, teach eco-system, teaching, time kids
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