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Raising Food

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How To Start A Bulk Food Co-Op | Individuals and families can harness the power of buying in bulk by joining other like-minded people to form a private buying club. In other words, a bulk food co-op. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Start A Bulk Food Co-Op

Seed Saving Connects Communities | His mission: to connect communities with the seeds that sustain them. Meet Bill McDorman, author of the free online book "Basic Seed Saving" and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. Get to know Bill and more about seed saving through the links and information below, and of course through this podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/89

Seed Saving Connects Communities (KYF089)

10 Things To Consider When Buying Land For Your Homestead | When we began to consider our move to the country, purchasing land was intimidating. Neither of us (my husband nor I) had made that kind of purchase before. While there are many things to consider when purchasing an acreage, here are 10 important things that we learned (some the hard way) along the way. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Things To Consider When Buying Land For Your Homestead

Chocolate is one of my must-haves. Can I get an amen? However, after looking at the ingredients in a regular chocolate bar, I couldn't eat it without a major prickle in my conscience... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

What’s Hiding In Your Chocolate?

Caring For Bucks (and their wether companions)

Caring For Bucks (and their wether companions)

I'm reminded of all that God created when I'm outside, with the rush of air over my skin, the warmth of the sun, the chill of the rain, the sharp jut of mountains against the sky. All of these wonders came to be by His word. It leaves me in awe. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How Growing a Garden Nourishes the Soul

My interest in chickens has grown ever since we started our flock two years ago with eight Rhode Island Red pullets. I recently told my husband that I would love to start raising them with an interest in preserving them. He responded with the gift of an incubator so I could hatch my own. Here are a few things we learned when choosing our incubator, and a few things you might want to consider. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Choose an Incubator

As much as I love sourcing and cooking real foods, I don't want to (and can't) spend my every waking moment in the kitchen. So I rely on some store-bought *healthy* convenience foods to make my life just a little bit easier and more fun. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Our Favorite Healthy Convenience Foods

Your garden may yet be under a blanket of heavy snow, or the weather freezing cold, but you can do these 7 simple steps right now to be prepared (and maybe a little ahead) when things finally warm up. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Gear Up for Gardening with 7 Simple Steps this Spring

They grew up gardening, each of them. One in the country, one in the city. And when they met and married, their common interest became their favorite past-time. Today, Holly joins me to share some really great tips about organic vegetable gardening. Listen in! Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/105

Tips for Organic Vegetable Gardening (KYF105)

To Keep or Not to Keep... a Rooster | While doing our research on chickens, we heard a number of both good and bad things about roosters. In the end, the good outweighed the bad... and we decided to give a rooster a chance. After nearly a year now, with not just one, but three roosters, here is our take on keeping a male bird. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

To Keep or Not To Keep… a Rooster

Raw Milk Q&A | Switching to raw milk is a good starting place for many newly health-conscious families. I went to one raw milk-producing family farm, Fall Creek Farms in TN, to ask important questions: Is it safe? Is it from a good source? How long does it last? Why is it more expensive? and more! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Raw Milk Q & A

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space} | Herbal tea is easy and rewarding to grow yourself. Many tea herbs are easy-to-grow and do well in pots and small spaces, so you can enjoy delicious home-grown tea year-round. Although you can make tea out of almost any herb, here are five (plus one more) of my favorites for both large and small gardens! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space!}

Seed School (KYF109)

Seed School (KYF109)

8 Tips To Get The Most Out Of A Small Garden | If you have a small garden, you know it's a challenge to fit everything in. Here are 8 tips to help you to get the most out of your small garden space. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

8 Tips To Get The Most Out Of A Small Garden

Housing for Your Chickens | If you've gone "coop shopping" or spent hours browsing chicken coops on Pinterest like I have, you know that chicken housing can be as simple as a reclaimed child’s playhouse or as elaborate as a small mobile home. It all depends on your goals and the time and resources you are willing to invest in the project. Here are the most important things we've learned about chicken coops over the years. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Housing For Your Chickens

How to Start a Local Food Co-Op or Buying Club | Want to start a local food co-op or buying club? Look no further than John Moody! He's the guy behind the innovative and helpful Whole Life Buying Club in Louisville, Kentucky and he's the author of the Food Club and Co-op Handbook. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/116

How to Start a Local Food Co-op or Buying Club (KYF116)

Keeping Your Chickens Cool During the Summer Heat | Not only does weather wreak havoc on the garden and landscape, it takes its toll on pets and homestead critters such as chickens. During the summer, keeping our chickens cool is a very active part of our daily routine. Here are a few things that we have found to be helpful, as well as some additional suggestions I’ve gathered from my fellow chicken-keeping friends. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Keeping Your Chickens Cool During the Summer Heat