Tonight, we had a better experience at the farmer’s market! We sold some whole chickens (YAY!), dozens of eggs, and various cuts of pork. We almost quadrupled our profit from last week, and we felt WAY more encouraged about the whole experience! We changed a few things this week: My husband built an A-frame stand, … Read more
Yesterday, on the way home from our first farmer’s market experience, my husband, The Farmer, said that if things keep going the way they have been, he will have to take on a part time job, come fall. My husband quit his full time job in mid-March. He had a good paying job. … Read more
Hi Everyone! This is The Farmer writing this post. Yes, this is my first post ever on The Well Fed Homestead. Brenda asked me to take some pictures and write this one since she is out of town today. I agreed, not because I feel I am a brilliant writer or anything like that, but … Read more
There’s a poem in the beginning of The Encyclopedia of Country Living about the life of a homesteading woman. I want to share it with you: Mama’s Mama by: Anna Rees Henton Mama’s Mama, on a winter’s day, Milked the cows and fed them hay, Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule, And got the children … Read more