What are the benefits of grass fed beef? What does grass fed mean? Why is grass-fed better? This article explains why your livestock needs a grass-fed diet for the utmost health. Why Your Livestock Need a Grass-Fed Diet There are many different ways to feed your livestock. You can choose...

Want to know how to trim hooves of goats and sheep? If you have farm animals, then hoof care is something you should learn about. Add this homesteading skill to your knowledge today. Trust me, it's not as complicated as you think. It will save you a couple of bucks from the vet. How to Trim...

Learn what goat breeds are best for raising goats on your own homestead. You are reading Chapter 1 of our Homestead Handbook: Raising Backyard Goats Chapter 1: Goat Breeds & Types of Goats What Goat Breeds are right for your homestead? First off, if you decided to take a look at this...

How to build a goat house. Practice homesteading with goats, and build a goat shelter with these goat house ideas. You are reading Chapter 2 of our Homestead Handbook: Raising Backyard Goats Chapter 2: The Goat House | Proper Housing & Shelter for Your Goats One of the best advantages a goat...

Goat behavior is important to understand. Goats have different personalities and must be treated different. Get in touch with your goat's behaviors with our homestead handbook. You are reading Chapter 3 of our Homestead Handbook: Raising Backyard Goats Chapter 3: Goat Behavior | The...

What do goats eat? What should you feed your goats so they have the best nutrition? Find the answer to goat feed below in our Homesteading Handbook: You are reading Chapter 4 of our Homestead Handbook: Raising Backyard Goats Chapter 4: What Do Goat's Eat? By now, you should no longer believe...

Be up to date with goat health care. What's good for your goat? Should you take your goat to a vet or will the problem solve itself? Keep reading our homestead handbook for details. You are reading Chapter 5 of our Homestead Handbook: Raising Backyard Goats Chapter 5: Goat Health Care |...

Goat breeding is an important part of raising goats. Learn how to breed your goats, and when to breed to goats in our homsteading handbook below. You are reading Chapter 6 of our Homestead Handbook: Raising Backyard Goats Chapter 6: Goat Breeding Breeding is not only essential for creating...

We do a weekly segment on Twin Cities Live called “Free For All Friday” where we live stream on Facebook and viewers can ask us questions in real time. A couple of weeks ago, a woman asked if there are any recipes demonstrated on the show that we take home and make in our own kitchens for our...

Did you know that I have a podcast that’s quickly approaching 400 episodes? It’s called Best to the Nest and it’s truly my passion project because former myTalk 107.1 radio personality Margery Punnett and I get to chat about whatever we want for as along as we want. The freedom is intoxicating...

I’m always on a quest to make as much from scratch as possible – but I’m also a working mother of three who’s trying to make it through the day. So there are some convenience foods that I always have on hand for quick meals. High quality smoked sausages are definitely on the list – they are...

Soup is my go-to dish – it usually involves just one pot, it’s deeply nourishing and paired with a loaf of sourdough and some butter, it’s a complete meal. And this may be an unpopular opinion but soup is totally ruined when it’s packaged in a can. There, I said it. Recently I posted a video of...

This is the season of football parties, holiday gatherings and of course the ever-present need for after school snacks. Setting out a platter of pita, vegetables & hummus is a great standby – but on Minnesota Live this morning I wanted to share a twist on that idea. Enter: Creamy Feta Dip. It’s...

I’ve been lovingly maintaining my sourdough starter for more than five years at this point and it’s become just part of my daily routine. But I only actually bake sourdough bread a couple of times a month. That’s because the sourdough discard has become one of my most prized ingredients...

There’s no doubt about it: there’s lots of useless, time wasting content on social media. It can be a total time-suck that can leave us (ironically) feeling less connected and frankly, less smart. But on the other hand – sometimes useful, fun, delightful content makes the rounds and it lives...

This week on Minnesota Live, I shared the chocolate cake that absolutely defined celebrations (or average weeknights!) during my childhood. This is my mom’s famous chocolate cake – topped with two different frostings. She adapted reach recipe from church cookbooks over the years and has made...

While my tomatoes didn’t fare as well as usual this year and the chipmunks ate all of my snap pea seeds before they could sprout, the basil in my garden is abundant and that means its time for pesto. I’ve shared a pesto pasta here before but I think it’s always worth revisiting. This morning on...