We raised pheasants here at Clucky Dickens Farm for a few years. If you have room and the inclination, here are four reasons to you might want to raise pheasants on your homestead or farm. Raise pheasants to release them into the wild. Many people …
Homemade pizza is one of our favorite meals to make here at the farm. Know why? I love pizza. I could probably close down the local pizza buffet with my ginormous appetite for pizza. I love pizza. It’s the whole reason I could never be …
Looking for something different to do with your abundance of strawberries — besides Strawberry Rhubarb Pie? Let me show you how to make an amazingly simple and yumtastic little side dish called Strawberry Celery Salad. Yes, I said Strawberry Celery Salad. As in, there is …
Hard-boiled eggs are a nice quick-to-grab snack, high in protein and also in yum. But, as any homesteader knows, it can also be a pain to make them if you’re using fresh-from-the-coop eggs. How in the world do you get them to peel? I’ll be …
Homesteading wasn’t always the life I wanted. But at some point after entering adulthood (and meeting a really tall guy who swept me off my feet) I started to crave a simple, self-reliant homestead life. I wanted early mornings in a big red barn. I …
Sometimes I try a new bread recipe that doesn’t turn out for whatever reason. And sometimes homemade croutons is the only way to remedy the failed bread lump (or brick) sitting on my counter. Hey. Farm(ish) girls use what they have, right? But, to be clear, you …
One of the most interesting things about a homestead is hearing how its name was chosen. Are you wondering how to name your homestead? Are you having trouble coming up with just the right name? Let me share with you the story of how our …
In the interest of honesty, I need to tell you that not everything we do here is homemade, from scratch, from ingredients we have raised ourselves. (This is me being real.) Convenience has its occasional place. It’s okay to open some cans, dump, and be …
Let me tell you the story about the time we had a r-e-a-l-l-y slow hatch. It might calm your nerves about your eggs that don’t hatch on the exact day they’re “supposed to”. Towards the end of one particular April, we set up two incubators. …
I have a lot of favorite cookbooks that I use all the time. Because of this, it’s super fun when I find a new little gem hiding at an antique shop. I found High on the Hog: Hillbilly Recipes by Ella Mae Tucker a few …