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  • Farming,  Gardening,  Homesteading,  Projects

    Happy Holidays!

    December 27, 2016 /

    We want to wish you all a very happy holiday season!  We’ve been MIA here on the blog for the better part of the month, but wanted to let you know that we are still here 🙂  The past few weeks have been filled with preparation and celebration of the Christmas season, so between that and a toddler and a now mobile baby, I decided I would rather wait to write until things slowed down a bit.

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    How Much Did It Cost To Raise And Butcher Chickens?

    October 27, 2016 /

    Here's a look at what it cost to raise our own chickens for meat, Year One, and what other investments we made to get us set-up for a future of butchering at home.

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    October 21, 2016 /

    Raising and butchering chickens, the differences between meat chickens and egg layers, and a lot of other things we've learned from raising our own chickens for meat this year.

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    Why food is so important on the road to self-sufficiency.

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Hi there! I'm Danielle, "author" on Spring Lake Homestead. We are a family of 8, living in rural Wisconsin, and learning how to do this whole homesteading thing...together. Thanks for joining us!

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