While we are still in the depths of Winter here in Virginia, we homesteaders often start thinking about Spring, seeds, gardening and new life on our homesteads at the beginning…
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{What Is Homesteading?} And Why We Call Ourselves Homesteaders
I don’t own a tractor (that’s my grandfather above). In fact, I don’t even own 100 acres of land with roaming cattle, horses or sheep. I don’t have a farm…
The Basics: Raising, Breeding and Processing Meat Rabbits
Let’s face it, during the beginning process of adding meat rabbits to our homestead, I wasn’t the happiest girl in the world. The thought of butchering little animals that I…
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Welcome to the new Fewell Homestead BLOG! We have been amazed by the growth in the past 24 hours on facebook, so I wanted to…
Myth Debunked: “Breeding Like Rabbits”
Since we began raising rabbits on our homestead, the phrase “breeding like rabbits” has taken on a whole new meaning to us. I, like so many other rabbit breeders, had…
Wintertime Hatching
It’s inevitable — every single year I get the urge to hatch chicks or ducklings, and every single time I decide to hatch them during the coldest months of the…