A Handmade Homestead

Come join me for a calming morning as I do chores on the homestead and work in my garden ~ Julia

My daughter joins me in the kitchen canning green beans and making meals for our family.

The summer garden is still producing, but now it is time to plant the fall garden! This is our first year using landscape fabric, and we are loving it. The landscape fabric we use: DeWitt Woven Ground Cover Landscape Fabric SUNBELT 4'x300' 3.2 OUNCE https://www.ebay.com/itm/304752462290 Staples we purchased: DeWitt Landscape Fabric Staples Anchor Pins 6" X 1" X 6" 1000 ct. https://www.ebay.com/itm/402647076227 Our instagram: instagram.com/ahandmadehomestead

Please note, although we do not show the killing of the chickens, there are shots of them afterwards in the process. Processing our second batch of chickens for the year - Freedom Ranger Color Yields. This isn't a how to video, it is mostly put to music, however we do a chat at the end sharing our thoughts!

A calming video milking Tulip, our family milk cow. *light talking, no music*

When you have a family milk cow, you need to figure out what to do with all the milk! Today, we are making butter and "Velveeta" - a creamy, melty cheese. Recorded in 2020... I think... We use this recipe: https://heritagehomesteadin.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/quick-melty-cheese/

We have transitioned from buying everything at the grocery to growing as much of our food as we can, and buying in bulk as much as we can. This allows us to go to the grocery once a month or less! In this video, we will share some of the things we buy in bulk. Note: this video was filmed in April of 2020