“I need help from a chicken guru.” I got a question from someone who wanted to started a flock. I’m not a guru. I’m not even a real farmer. But, I’ve had chickens for eight years, and most survived. If I calculate chicken survival rates as baseball percentage, I’m all-star. Before you jump into chickens, […]| Poser Homestead
It’s fruit fly season. One fruit fly can lay five hundred eggs, and its life cycle is about a week. They’re tough to catch and can easily overrun any kitchen feeding them. As I write this, there’s one buzzing around my face. It’s Chinese water torture level annoying. And, if I see one, there’s really […] The post Two Buck Chuck Fruit Fly Trap appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
Avoid waste: Use up your sourdough starter for this appetizer When I make sourdough bread, I always end up with a ton of extra sourdough starter after a while because I feed the starter to keep it fermenting, but end up with more than I need for the batches of bread I’m baking Most people […] The post Recycled Food: Sourdough “Scallion Pancake” appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
needed mushrooms. My son works at a farm store and brought me a case of mushrooms that didn’t sell. A case of mushrooms is a lot. I once ordered five pounds of shitake, oyster, and lion’s mane from a specialty grower without understanding the volume of mushrooms in five pounds. It’s more than a human […] The post WHAT TO DO WITH A CASE OF MUSHROOMS appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
Prices are rising. I’m not sure how much… Prices are definitely going up and the “official numbers” don’t show it accurately because they don’t measure the things I buy. Milk stayed about the same at the big store, but chicken food went up first 12%, then about 20% very quickly. I don’t shop often, so […] The post INFLATION BUSTING appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
I went shopping right before the pandemic. Things looked good. There was bread and milk. Less than a week later, lines wrapped around the store and shelves were empty. People rushed the fork lift guy for water. They cleaned out the toilet paper aisle–then bought junk food. It didn’t make sense. “They’re not buying food,” […] The post EMPTY SHELF COOKING (“No Fear” meals) appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
What to Do with Your 10M Eggs Egg overdose is not just for Easter. It’s a very real thing on a homestead. Many homesteaders–even poser homesteaders fall victim to “chicken math” whereby you think chickens are cute and you get too many even though you only planned to get a couple. Then, you realize how […] The post EXTRA EGGS? HERE’S WHAT TO DO appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
With pink slime, mad cow, salmonella, and other industrial food supply contaminants, it’s hard finding good beef. You have two choices–source your meat correctly or raise it yourself. If you’re a real homestead, you’re probably already raising your meat this. But if you’re a poser homestead, you may not have land, time, or the knowledge […] The post BUY HALF A COW appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
War on homestead invaders… Ever fight an urban squirrel? It’s not pretty. I like squirrels, but there are some creatures that need to go. I wasn’t happy when they took one bite of every tomato, then left it to rot, but when they ate my house, that was it. That was the line in the […] The post FIVE PESTS THAT MUST GO appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead
For $2999 I can get an entire year’s worth of freeze-dried “desserts,” powdered drinks, and… things I’d never eat because I’m not an astronaut. None of the marketing mentions taste–it’s all about “price per calorie.” There are 30-year tubs that’ll last longer than Velveeta on a mousetrap, #10 (cafeteria-lady sized) cans of everything–bomb-shelter approved, and […] The post YOUR PANTRY IS YOUR BEST FRIEND appeared first on Poser Homestead.| Poser Homestead