Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: Don't you get sick of messes? We sure do! Unfortunately, homesteading is messy business and here on the Intrepid Homestead, we can't escape messes, muck and downright filth. Sven shares some insights that help him stay sane when doing farm chores like working with … Continue reading Messy stalls? Productive Life!
Author: Sven Masterson
DIY chimney cleaning without a ladder or getting on the roof
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: Ever wanted to clean your own chimney but the idea of climbing up a ladder and doing it yourself frightens the bejeezus out of you? In this episode, Sven demonstrates how he cleans the wood stove chimney easily himself. This is a DIY project … Continue reading DIY chimney cleaning without a ladder or getting on the roof
How we turn leftovers into healthy, nutritious bone broth
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: Zelda shares with viewers how we turn our leftover roasted chicken dinners into healthy, nutritious, and easy-to-make bone broth. Doing so, we're able to reduce our waste and use more of our pasture-raised chickens to feed our family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybp7lFnvoJI
Raising pasture raised Cornish cross chickens using solar
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: Sven speaks about pasture-raising Cornish Cross chickens using solar fence and fence chargers including some tips for troubleshooting low fence voltages. Fence: https://www.premier1supplies.com/p/poultrynet-plus-12-42-3-electric-netting?cat_id=53&option_id%5B0%5D=26 Energizer (charger): https://www.premier1supplies.com/p/premier-prs-100-solar-energizer-kit?cat_id=245 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtB8i_xv0no
Fill-Rite FR211 Fuel Tank Pump Review
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: Sven reviews the Fill-Rite FR211 fuel tank pump and speaks about why and how he will use it with a free fuel tank for gasoline storage on the homestead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32uLuv-4io
Handling disappointing gardening results (potato harvest)
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: Zelda and Assy work to harvest some of the Eva potatoes grown in grow bags and encounter disappointing results. What was the cause? How should such times be handled? Is gardening always this discouraging? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZNWV7tKKw
Homemade Applesauce Making Days!
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: Hello friends! It's that wonderful time of the year again - applesauce making days! Join Zelda at the Intrepid Homestead as she shares with viewers our yearly ritual of turning three bushels of Cortland apples into golden delicious home canned apple sauce! Plastic food … Continue reading Homemade Applesauce Making Days!
Pressure Canning Pasture Raised Chicken – Part 3
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: In Part 3 of our series on how we process our own pasture-raised chicken, Zelda walks us through how we process some of our chickens using pressure canning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlhQAo5JQy0
Pressure Canning Pasture Raised Chicken – Part 1
Hello friends, check out or new video freshly posted on YouTube: In Part 1 of our series on how we process our own pasture-raised chicken, Zelda walks us through how we process some of our chickens using pressure canning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gMCYcbVEW0
Healthy mindsets for Corona calmness
This is an interesting time to be alive. Fear and panic abound. Many in the community are ill at ease, even frightened. Others appear oblivious and even foolish in their responses to a public health emergency. This is the first time since 9/11 that the entire nation is facing a collective experience that stands to … Continue reading Healthy mindsets for Corona calmness
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