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This is the second part of pigs behavior and welfare explaining signs of fear and stress in pigs and how to reduce it, pen size and exploring habits, along with cleanliness behaviors and rooting around.

This is an in depth reading and commentary or the book farm animal behavior from Ingvar Ekesbo and we are staring off with pigs! I'm so excited to share this knowledge with you

It's time for the next season of Classic Homesteading Practices where I commintate and share information on farm animal behavior, health, and care from the book, Farm animal behavior by Ingvar Ekesbo. Im so excited to share all this wonderful information to help you and your animals in your farming achievements!

This is my experience in growing zuchinni from supplies, to length of growth, northern vs. Southern watering practices and of course, eating ideas. May this prepare you for anything . . . zuchinni related!

This is an episode on growing tomatoes from beginning to end

This is talking about growing or making building materials that can help you with an alternative to spending money at the store for lumber. Living off your own resources in your backyard or for a really low price

This is for people who want a faster way to grow plants or a different way than seed starting to grow their garden.

This episode talks about interval or succession planting which helps keep you growing and harvesting through the entire season.

For anyone who has had to deal with these pesky leaf eaters, this is my help for you. Aphid, slug, horn worm, and earwig control for your garden. Good luck, and may you be prepared for anything!

This is an episode specifically for making and filling raised garden beds.

Gardening pots are something I took for granted until I needed them to keep my gardening dreams alive. For those eof you who wish to grow and feel like you can't, I made this episode for you and everyone else. Because truly potted gardens are the most versatile of garden styles.

Picking out dirt for your garden can be hard at times let alone expensive. This is to help you understand dirt and why see which one you might want to have.

It may not seem like a topic worth talking about but garden tools are important, but you don't need them all. Here are my favorites plus I wanted to talk to you about other tools and their purpose.

This is basic information on Spring planting and the plants that you can grow. Why it may be better to grow these crops in spring rather than summer.

If you want a green thumb or have one and want a little bit more material this is my knowledge on seed starting.

This is for all the gardening and animal folk looking for a better route to either getting dirt or making it for their homestead.

Bee keeping is a wonderful way to bring sweetener on to your homestead needing sugar. For anyone interested in learning a little on bee keeping this is for you. 

Make fertilizer from worms!

I will be talking to today about sheep and why you would have them. How to take care of them through housing, feeding, and steering them, along with processing the wool (fleece).

This is an intro to rabbits with a more meat leaning education so if that makes you squeamish I understand you might not want to listen other than that, let's get to learning.

Just an update to let you know whats going on. Also I'm going to put up a Facebook page to start a homesteading community where I can answer your questions and you can talk to each other.

This is the final episode of Season 2 and what a great way to end it with Gardening. I'm talking about the very foundation of building a garden and the info you need to know to start one whether its indoors or outside make sure to study up, and I hope this helps you out.

I wanted to share with you the basics in Animal Husbandry, really the outlining of what in entails and the reason why its so important and fun.

Learning the basics of building a structure is important and I want to share with you my informations on crafting through learning about your tools, your materials, and building plans.

This is for people who are beginners, or brand new to cooking homesteaders and independent people a like. Not a tutorial but giving basic knowledge on cooking and the tools to use.

Let's talk about the tools and the 3 most important stitches when it comes to sewing.

This is the last episode of the season! And what better way to end it than with cows! We will be discussing 3 different types of cows plus a specialty breed on both beef and dairy for you to understand the range that cows come in!

Yes, its pigs and I love the bacon talk so bare with me and my bad stories while I tell you a little about pigs

Basic information on goats without diving to deeply into the different types, but giving you a general understanding of what you'll need, what to expect, and some dairy tips at the end.

This is for the fellow tomato grower, with green tomatoes that need ripening. It's that time of year folks, and I'm not the only one who want tomato sauce!

Today I'll be discussing sewing and carpentry on a basic level and what you should have and I have researched on to make my skills better over time.

In this episode we will be discussing cooking, gardening, and animal farming (husbandry)

Let's talk about starting a basic idea of what you need to start a homestead.

For people wanted to know the beginner parts to turkeys, I will be talking about commercial vs. Heritage how to raise the, mentioning how long until the will be butchered, a couple of thing you need to realize about each different kind and the duality of turkeys.

This is the basic information to raising ducks. Going through living space, supplies, different types of ducks, theyre nature and integrating them into a chicken flock or having them by themselves.

For chicken basics you need to think about infrastructure, supplies, basic knowledge on what kind of chickens you can get and what way you're going to use them.

This is the beginning of a knowledge bank for anyone who wishes to learn about homesteading and how to integrate these skills into they're everyday life style, your don't need a farm to live this way, it's about learning and applying the tools to your life. Merry Homesteading friends! #homestead #podcast