Beekeeping is becoming a unique practice in the fast-thriving field of homesteading. It is an engagement required for you to make your own food while collaborating with the outside natural world. Apiculture is a rewarding hobby both to the farmer and plants. This practice, however, needs proper planning and aggressive investment of time and resources […]
Chickens are great starter livestock for any homestead – you can start rearing them on a small backyard in town or your 20 acres of land. Chickens will provide meat, fertilizer, and eggs. They are easy to manage. You can get a chart of the best chicken breeds on the internet and in some books. […]
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Have you ever discovered the secret behind success? It is all about identifying your passion and facing it with an aspect of honesty to acquire a positive achievement. Degree of hunger to become successful varies with every individual yearning to outshine the other. This calls for stiff competition and hard work between individuals who are […]
One of the commonest types of switches for well pumps is the pressure switch. It is a type of switch made to operate by breaking or making electrical contact depending on the water pressure. When the pressure level hits a preset point, the switch activates to break or establish an electrical circuit. The switches activate […]
At six weeks, hatched chicks/birds will attempt to fly out of a brooder. During this time, the best thing to do is move them to a coop where they can enjoy freedom. Birds are free-range creatures, thus, having enough feeding and roaming area for them is one of the secrets of happy, and successful homesteaders. […]
From chicken, guinea fowl, ducks to peafowl, raising birds is a thrilling homesteading practice that comes with many benefits. If you are in love with peafowl, this review fromscatchmag.com is for you. It explores how to raise the birds on your farm. We also walk through necessities that will make it a breeze. But before […]
Recent findings by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture indicate that poultry farmers produce 8.54 billion broilers and 99.8 billion eggs a year. That is not to mention that there are nearly 240 million turkeys in the United States. Now, if you factor in other countries, […]
Honey is always going to drive your taste buds into a wild frenzy. It is the sweetest thing you can ever eat with your butter, bread or as a food topping. It is why; for thousands of years, beekeepers around the world have never run out of customers. That is not to mention that numbers […]
Fungi dominate the top layer soil and end up colonizing roots of different plants, depriving them of essential nutrients. They penetrate into the roots, damaging the plant in different ways. This threatens food security especially if the plant withers. Even though there are plant-friendly fungi as the process of symbiosis may clarify, the dangers supersede […]
Homesteading practices range from rearing livestock, poultry farming, and lawn mowing, trimming hedges to gardening. In this post, we look at goats-witty, yet known escapist domestic animals that assign meaning to a notion that ‘grass is always greener on the other side of the fence‘. For starters, choosing the right type of goats for a […]
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