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Mar 18, 2019
2 min

Country Candles

Using the rendered lard that we had from butchering our pork hogs this year, I decided to make my own candles.

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Mar 9, 2019
2 min

Lard Have Mercy

With the return of pork from our homestead pigs, we were also given quite a few bags of pig fat. Now, what does one do with bag fulls of fat

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Feb 24, 2019
2 min

This Little Piggy Went to Market

We are down to one hog left on the homestead. This past Saturday, we rounded up the remaining females (with a BIG help from our local cowboy

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Sep 26, 2018
3 min

Happy Hogs

The hog saga continues..

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Aug 29, 2018
3 min

Seasonal Planning

100 degree highs, with 100% humidity makes it a little hard to believe that Autumn is right around the bend... (I say while sipping pumpkin

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Aug 16, 2018
4 min

Hogs on the Homestead

American Guinea Hogs (AGH) make excellent homestead hogs, as the smaller size makes them easier to manage. AGH's like to pasture and gr

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