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Homestead Monthly: Feb + March {maple syrup, apple pruning, and homestead expansion}

Homestead Monthly: Feb + March {maple syrup, apple pruning, and homestead expansion}

Posted on April 3, 2017April 3, 2017 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

In the last week or so the weather has turned decent, and just like that it feels like we’re off to the races! I’m not

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Gardening with Chickens by Lisa Steele: Book Review

Gardening with Chickens by Lisa Steele: Book Review

Posted on February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Gardening with Chickens by Lisa Steele should be your go-to reference for making your chickens work in your garden, and making your garden work for

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How to Decide when to Cull a Chicken {The Story of Little Henny}

How to Decide when to Cull a Chicken {The Story of Little Henny}

Posted on January 9, 2017January 9, 2017 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Little Henny was one of our original chickens, she was on the homestead for three years with us.

The name “Henny” is because we had five

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Super Gluing a Broken Chicken Beak, or… How I Became a Crazy Chicken Lady

Super Gluing a Broken Chicken Beak, or… How I Became a Crazy Chicken Lady

Posted on August 26, 2016September 7, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Living in the country on an old property with a big barn comes with a few inherent resources- like cats. People drop their unwanted pets

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Homestead Monthly: July 2016 {weasel trouble, chicks, and the great harvest begins}

Homestead Monthly: July 2016 {weasel trouble, chicks, and the great harvest begins}

Posted on August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

You Dirty Weasel
We started out the month with sadness and heartbreak, unfortunately.

If you’ve farmed for long enough, or experienced the loss of an

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{Giveaway!!} “Fresh Eggs” Egg Carton & Label Stamp from Substation Paperie

{Giveaway!!} “Fresh Eggs” Egg Carton & Label Stamp from Substation Paperie

Posted on July 11, 2016July 23, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Giveaway now closed- thanks for entering! The winner is Holly G.

If you haven’t been oogling over Substation Paperie’s completely adorable, rustic and whimsical farming and

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Homestead Monthly: June 2016 {garden boxes, blight-control, and babies}

Homestead Monthly: June 2016 {garden boxes, blight-control, and babies}

Posted on July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Get Growing
June was the month we officially got all of the gardens planted! We have three main garden areas this year, which is one more

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Homestead Monthly: May 2016 {mushroom growing, bee swarms, and homestead loss}

Homestead Monthly: May 2016 {mushroom growing, bee swarms, and homestead loss}

Posted on June 6, 2016September 7, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Fungus Farming
At the beginning of May, Karl and I took an all-day class about cultivating mushrooms, taught by a local mushroom grower and wild mushroom expert.

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The BEST Way to Freeze Eggs!

The BEST Way to Freeze Eggs!

Posted on March 13, 2016March 22, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Farm fresh eggs: it’s either feast or famine around here! During the long days of summer I’ve got baskets full of eggs and I’m piling

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Homemade Organic Baby Chick Starter Feed Recipe {corn-free and soy-free}

Homemade Organic Baby Chick Starter Feed Recipe {corn-free and soy-free}

Posted on March 6, 2016June 3, 2018 by crystal@wholefedhomestead

Thinking about making your own chick starter feed, eh?

When we first got our baby chicks, I was determined to be the best chick mother

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Guess what? 😆 . How else would you start an Ins Guess what? 😆
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How else would you start an Instagram post with this photo?!
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Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend! It was a beautiful day here today, just absolutely perfect weather! We worked our butts off, got a little sunburned, and are now collapsing on the couch. Taking bets on if we’ll be able to move tomorrow...
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We’re always finding treasures around the homest We’re always finding treasures around the homestead— relics of a different time... lots of old bottles and rusty stuff, especially old farming trinkets and tools (we once dug up an entire wagon wheel!).
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We also have some pretty cool rocks here! They are scattered about our woods and seem to appear out of nowhere in our hay field. I wish I knew more about them! I love finding these gifts from Mother Nature... or perhaps someone else who dug them up 100 years ago and stashed them out there to get rid of them.
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Karl found this beauty today, along with some others including a gorgeous, gigantic 200-pounder! If you need some calming entertainment you can see him scrub it clean in my stories tonight! 😆
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Napa Cabbage Salad with Butter Toasted Nuts! This Napa Cabbage Salad with Butter Toasted Nuts! This is my (much healthier) version of a popular potluck salad. It’s the perfect salad for Spring and it’s one of my favorites!
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In partnership with @kalonasupernatural, who makes delicious butter in post-World War II era butter churns with cream that comes from pasture-grazed cows. How awesome is that?!
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Napa Cabbage Salad with Butter Toasted Nuts
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🧈For the nuts:
2 Tbs Kalona Organic Salted Butter
1/2 cup raw sliced almonds
1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
Pinch of salt
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🍯For the dressing:
2 Tbs honey 
2 Tbs apple cider vinegar
1 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp soy sauce
Pinch of salt
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🥗For the salad:
1 medium head Napa cabbage
4-6 radishes, sliced
3 green onions, whites and greens, diced
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Melt the butter in a skillet and sauté the almonds and sunflower seeds over low-medium heat until they are starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Pour the nuts and any extra butter onto a plate and sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
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To make the dressing, simply whisk together the honey, ACV, olive oil, soy sauce, and salt.
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Cut the cabbage into shreds, and toss it in a bowl with the radishes, green onions, and buttered nuts. Make sure to pour any extra butter drippings from the nuts into the salad as well! Reserve some nuts, radishes, and green onions for the top as a garnish if you’d like.
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Pour the dressing over top and toss to combine. Let sit 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy! I love to serve this salad with anything grilled!
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#butterislife #homemade #betterdairy #eatclean #organicdairy #realfood #homesteaders #homesteadlife #pasturedbutter #dinnerinspiration #wholefedhomesteadKSN
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