I put out a little video yesterday about the progress of our Bantam Chickens at Nine Mile Farm. I just love the personality of these pint sized chickens and they are coming along nicely. Someone asked this question in the … Continue reading →
Shelby DeVore is an animal expert, avid gardener and the founder of the website Farminence. Shelby has a bachelor’s degree in Animal and Dairy science, a Master’s degree in Agriculture and Natural resources management. Before founding Farminence, Shelby taught high … Continue reading →
In this first video we check out some stuff in the aquaponics and aquatics systems, including Tree Collards that you can order at projecttreecollard.org We also look at the progress of the white Hubbard squash. Watch the bees working the … Continue reading →
Justin Rhodes who is a long time member of the TSP Community has a kickstarter initiative on raising your own back yard chickens the Permaculture way. Tell you what guys he must be doing something right because he has backing … Continue reading →
This is a great time of the year to look back at 2014 and begin fall/winter planning as well. 2014 was a big and very active year at the TSP ranch. It also saw the launch of PermaEthos, AgriTrue, the … Continue reading →
I am working on a new chicken cross hybrid. The photos below are an F1 Generation Hybrid. They are of a cross of a pure Rhode Island Red Rooster and a Pure Egyptian Fayoumi Hen. My hope is to breed … Continue reading →
Episode’s 1397 and 1398 on keeping chickens were a big hit and they also generated a large number of questions. Today we tackle most of the questions that came in. If this show generates a lot more questions, I will … Continue reading →
Joe “Mexican Joe” Sabedra is the creator of the North East Texas Preppers Network. He is also a long time TSP listener, active homesteader and permaculturist and military veteran. Joe considers himself addicted to skill development and skill teaching as … Continue reading →
In spite of the fact that yesterday’s show went two hours I realized at the end that many things I wanted to include didn’t get included. For instance we didn’t cover breeding, incubating, brooding, slaughter and cooking. Today I am … Continue reading →
I think perhaps the hottest thing in the modern homesteading trend right now is keeping chickens for both meat and eggs. It isn’t hard to understand why! The chicken and mankind go back thousands of years as allies. I figure … Continue reading →
