How To Render Animal Fats (Lard/Tallow) June 15, 2013Meg DiMercurio The BEST soaps are made from animals fats. They provide a hard, silky soap bar and a great suds. It is also the best way to not waste a butchered...
Baby Food Combinations 9 months+ June 08, 2013Meg DiMercurio AcornSquashKale AppleBananaKale Avocado Black BeanApple BananaAppleOatmeal CarrotKaleHam Straw-berryBlackBeanBanana Sweet PotatoApple Roast all veggies/fruits except strawberries and kale. Combine in a blender the combinations you want and put into BPA free...
Getting the Homestead Up & Running June 01, 2013Meg DiMercurio I wrote my plans to start a homestead this past January. I have wanted to do something self-reliant for quite some time now, but finally putting into play is really...
Adding More Laying Hens! May 21, 2013Meg DiMercurio I caught the chicken bug. I'm adding 20 more laying hens. Black Australorps. This particular breed was developed in Australia, from Black Orpingtons imported from England, hence the name: Austral...
Keeping Backyard Pigs May 12, 2013Meg DiMercurio Pork, it’s what’s for dinner. Bacon, sausage, chops, loin, ribs…what isn’t good about pork? I know, the price tag. Therefore, I have decided to grow our own, yet healthier.I chose...
Setting Up My Bees! May 09, 2013Meg DiMercurio I feel like a little school girl all squermy and excited. I would scream but find that highly annoying. Bees! They are finally here. They came from a guy up...
Raising My Own Pork! May 08, 2013Meg DiMercurio The fencing is finally complete and I have picked up my 11 week old pigs. Yorkshire hogs to be exact. I chose the Yorkshire breed because they were one of...
Bit Off More Than I Can Chew? May 03, 2013Meg DiMercurio I blame it on the weather. Seriously, it was 34 degrees today and windy! It was actually snowing in the cities. My plants are doing great indoors, but they are...
Homesteading with Children April 29, 2013Meg DiMercurio I want my children to know where food comes from. Not just the aisle of the grocery store. It's such a fabulous thing to run to the grocery store for...
Roast Your Own Specialty Coffee! April 25, 2013Meg DiMercurio Coffee. Need I say more. Ok, I will... I have been trying different coffees everywhere I have traveled. Most of them have one thing in common, the burnt taste. And...
Homemade Baby Food 7 months + April 22, 2013Meg DiMercurio My little man has graduated to more complex foods. These are for 7 months+. He loves these combinations. To make, I just roast the fruits for 30 minutes and the...
Fridge Turned Smoker! April 21, 2013Meg DiMercurio The 'conventional' smokers out there hold 2 chickens maybe 3, unless you get the deluxe smoker for $400 that holds 6-8. Pheuuy! Make your own :) From start to finish...
