Whenever the temperatures start to fall, questions start to flood our inboxes from goat owners asking if their goats will be okay in the cold weather. The interesting thing is that these questions come from Florida and Canada and everywhere … Read More
One of the biggest concerns of future chicken keepers, as well as novice chicken keepers from Florida to Alaska is how their birds will survive the winter. The short answer is that they’ll survive just fine! You don’t have to … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This time of year, many vegetable growers are still trying to extend their growing season and others are gearing up to continue growing straight through the winter. In planning for my … Read More
When we first moved to the country in 2002, I had no idea what I needed to survive the outdoors during winter. That first year, I was so cold because I wasn’t dressing properly for the weather. Over the years, … Read More
by Victoria Redhed Miller We live in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains in northwest Washington state. At our elevation of about 1000 feet, we typically get a fair amount of snow between November and February. An average winter would … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Who knew that anyone could write more than 100 pages about heating your home with wood? Well, that’s exactly what Will Rolls did in the second edition of The Log Book: … Read More
by Victoria Redhed Miller We have raised laying ducks for nearly six years now, and one of the things we are asked about most frequently is how to care for ducks in the wintertime. We live in the foothills of … Read More
Thrifty Homesteader was created in 2012 after the publication of my second book, Ecothrifty. The name was coined by one of my followers because I said that I didn’t want anyone to think that they had to be rich to homestead or live a greener life....
