Homesteading With a View

There is something very refreshing about cold creamy homemade yogurt. Especially on a hot summer day, complement that with fresh raw honey in the comb and a tree-ripened peach; you’ll have yourself a spoon full of summer. I was told homemade yogurt is easy. So, of course, I immediately gave it a try and failed…

August came in with a wave of heat. There is sweat on every bit of me as I work the land and do the everyday chores, yuck. That wasn’t me complaining, I promise! The goats are as happy as can be, just look at that smile on Reddington’s face. Yes, this heat has its benefits….

One downside of having livestock, an off-grid homestead and a vacation rental is I have plenty of clothes and linens to be washed on a weekly basis. Going to the laundry mat to do 3-4 loads of laundry a weeks would certainly add up quickly especially at our local facility. So how do I keep…

One of my favorite quick breakfast items or snack is my mom’s homemade Zucchini bread. The garden is blessing me with more zucchini than I can handle so I am making and giving away loaves left and right! My mom snagged her infamous recipe from a cookbook called The Grace House which was a little…

There are several red currant bushes on my property and over the last two years, I had researched uses for them to prevent the berries from rotting on the vine another season. Currants are a great treat for chickens but five chickens can only eat so many berries before they become bored with them and…

Our weather has been more than strange. Typically by this time of year, we are already crouching into 100-degree weather. We are receiving a regular rainstorm almost every Wednesday and the heat has been kept at bay. I am by no means complaining having comfortable days with cool windy evenings. It is almost like a…

With all the baby bunnies finding new homes and Summer in full swing it was time to make some adjustments to the rabbitry. My 8 kennel rabbit hutch is on its way to completion and all of the adult rabbits have been shaved down for the heat. To decrease the temperatures in the rabbitry I…

This week I tried my hand at a few goats milk treats like yogurt, whey, and mascarpone! All of them turned out delightful and I am hooked on this fresh goats milk life. Quick mascarpone takes about 30 minutes to make and then can sit in the fridge overnight to firm up. Goat Mascarpone: 1…

Each week it feels like Thursday evening gets here more quickly than the last. Monday- Wednesday I spend my nights preparing more inventory to replace the items sold the week prior and it always seems like I run out of daylight before tasks on my to-do list. Between selling baby buns, walking the goats after…

I did an unbelievable thing- I made another big jump in my goat keeping journey by adding two additional does to my herd, one of which is in milk! Now, I had never milked a goat before and here I am bringing home a mom that should be milked 1-2x a day. “What was she…