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Below you will find several resources to help you get started spinning your own yarn! Included is a video tutorial explaining how to spin yarn on a top whorl drop spindle, pdf links describing different types of fiber for spinning, and another pdf link to information about spinning techniques, types of spindles and other essential yarn spinning vocab! Link to YouTube video tutorial showing you step by step how to spin yarn on a top whorl drop spindle: https://youtu.be/TUSW7ZoAf2k  Link to a pdf describing all sorts of fiber: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0558/7586/2736/files/ChoosingFiber.pdf?v=1641403939 Link to a pdf describing spinning techniques, types of spindles, and spinning vocab:...

I don't know about your chickens, but our chickens eat A TON. It gets expensive. We would like to free range them, but we have far too many predators and much too big a space to do that without losing all our chickens. We actually experimented with free ranging our guineas and well...we have about half our flock left. (Actually a group of guinea fowl are called a "confusion" or so I read.) So today I wanted to share our experience growing fodder for our chickens plus a few tips. We started growing fodder last year and the plan was...

We recently cleaned out the chicken coop again so I thought it would be a good time to talk about composting poultry litter. The University of Idaho Extension has a ton of great info on this topic. Composting Poultry Litter in Summary: Reasons to compost: Increased self-reliance. Little effort. Improves the health of your soil = better crops and higher yield = more income. Way to reuse waste = less expense to grow your garden. Composting reduces flies, odor, and bacteria in poultry litter lying around. Safety precautions: Potential exposure to E. coli and Salmonella when working with poultry. Always wash hands and clothing thoroughly...

Since we just welcomed Mia to our family, I thought we would do an article on basic horse care. We've been researching and learning a lot! There is a ton of helpful information that I found at the University of Minnesota. Check out all the info they have by clicking that link. Feeding Your Horse: At least 1% of your horse's diet should be made up of roughage (hay or pasture). For example, if your horse weighs 1000 pounds it should be eating at least 10 pounds of roughage per day. In contrast, your horse should consume NO MORE than 1% of its body...

Urine Scald I don't know if you guys remember Ulrich (our goat named Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein from the movie "A Knight's Tale"), but recently he has been eyeing the ladies and participating in what is known as rut. It is a series of behaviors that bucks/billies do as a result of an increase in hormones to woo the nannies. Behaviors include urinating on their faces and front legs, making a bunch of funny noises, sticking their tongues out, pawing, stomping, etc. It's quite hilarious to watch, but this year we encountered something new during the process. One night we noticed during...