I never knew much about the Amish and certainly had never seen inside the house of Amish farm family. This is a very interesting video to watch. While I doubt I would ever be into being into being Amish or religious there is a lot of things common the way a lot of off-griders live and it's pretty neat.
Watching the cow birthing channel at the NY State Fair on the interwebs ...
Over the Independence Day Weekend, swimming in the Moose River I was listening to this podcast by Cody Creelman, Cow Vet: #18- Branding Time!!! - Calfhood vaccination, castration, implanting, and deworming strategies, and think that this is a good follow up to this video. Definately think about subscribing to Cody Creelman's podcast -- because even if you not intimately involved in the agriculture industry, his podcasts are very interesting.
Everybody seems to be talking these days about Idaho Pasture Pigs. But you really got to make sure they have enough pasture, enough grain and enough minerals to make sure they don't make a mess of your pasture.
Kind of how I feel on a Friday afternoon as the five o'clock hour rolls around.
Raising pigs for meat is a great idea for most homesteaders. Every year we raise pigs for our own family and to sell to our local community.
I was watching this video the other day, it has an interesting perspective on the economics of raising hogs on a homestead. Like most things relating to farming and homesteading, pigs aren't cheap but they produce a lot of delicious meat. Neighbors had hogs growing up and Cam Edwards of the NRA makes me hungry every time he talks about the heritage hogs he raises. Pigs aren't cheap but they sure are tasty even though you do want to have a fair bit of land to raise them as I can tell you they sure can smell as they root around in fermented grain.