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Homesteading Headstart

11.15.2023 by // Leave a Comment

$175.00 – $300.00

We Have A Dream: Homesteading for Beginners

You’ve got a dream – to have your very own farm or homestead and you’ve got a zillion questions about how to make it happen. Come to the farm, mingle with like-minded folk, see a working farm in action, and we’ll talk all things farming and homesteading – things like keeping chickens and raising meat birds, no-till gardening and feeding the farm from the farm, no-waste systems like composting and raising pigs, involving your littles in the day-to-day work, keeping a family cow, making the best use of the space you have, and intensive rotational grazing.

We’ll talk about what you need to know to get you from here to there: how to start, when to level up, and what to focus on based on your own needs, strengths, dreams, goals, and plans.

We started from scratch; you can too. But it sure makes an awful big difference when you’ve got someone local (in your own climate and time zone!) who’s been there, learned from trial and error and experience, can answer your questions in real time, and help guide you on your way.

Time: 11am – 5pm *We milk at 5:30pm and though it’s not technically part of the workshop you’re welcome to stay, watch, try your hand at pulling teats (chuckle), and continue to visit and ask all the questions.

This workshop lasts 6+ hours, includes a light lunch, and can be tailored to your particular interests/needs. Space is limited.

*Cost: $175/person, $300/couple

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We Have A Dream: Homesteading for Beginners

You’ve got a dream – to have your very own farm or homestead and you’ve got a zillion questions about how to make it happen. Come to the farm, mingle with like-minded folk, see a working farm in action, and we’ll talk all things farming and homesteading – things like keeping chickens and raising meat birds, no-till gardening and feeding the farm from the farm, no-waste systems like composting and raising pigs, involving your littles in the day-to-day work, keeping a family cow, making the best use of the space you have, and intensive rotational grazing.

We’ll talk about what you need to know to get you from here to there: how to start, when to level up, and what to focus on based on your own needs, strengths, dreams, goals, and plans.

We started from scratch; you can too. But it sure makes an awful big difference when you’ve got someone local (in your own climate and time zone!) who’s been there, learned from trial and error and experience, can answer your questions in real time, and help guide you on your way.

Time: 11am – 5pm *We milk at 5:30pm and though it’s not technically part of the workshop you’re welcome to stay, watch, try your hand at pulling teats (chuckle), and continue to visit and ask all the questions.

This workshop lasts 6+ hours, includes a light lunch, and can be tailored to your particular interests/needs. Space is limited.

*Cost: $175/person, $300/couple

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Single, Couple

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Hey there friends! Long time, no see eh? . Popping Hey there friends!
Long time, no see eh?
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Popping in to let you know I’ll be posting over at @belvedere.farms from now on.
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Same farm, same milk cow / farming / homesteading / canning & preserving / free-range kids capers & misadventures kinda stuff, but a whole new chapter.
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Sneak peek: if you’ve been around for awhile, you’ll know Maude (our milk cow Sandy’s first calf). She’s a brand new momma herself!
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She and I are learning together how to train a milk cow from scratch. It’s an adventure, to be sure!
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Come on over to @belvedere.farms and follow along.
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- Raelene
Wow. Just wow. . This is how I feel every time I l Wow. Just wow.
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This is how I feel every time I look at the pantry shelves, filling slowly but surely, bit by bit.
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Summer’s bounty + hard work (and plenty of hot sweaty days in the kitchen) means my family will eat like kings all winter long.
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It’s such a blessing to know these skills and get to pass them along.
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Sign up for my newsletter (link in bio) so you know when the next homesteading/self-sufficiency class is happening here at Belvedere Farms and you too can start filling those pantry shelves with goodness.
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Don’t put out that fire.
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Can I hear an AMEN? Just tell me one thing: Team L Can I hear an AMEN?
Just tell me one thing: Team Lake or Team Ocean?
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Me? Lake. All the way. Nothing in the lake wants to kill me. 😱
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Just like that, canning season has officially begu Just like that, canning season has officially begun.
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I drove down to the vet’s to pick up meds for a sick heifer and since it takes me right through Amish country, I couldn’t resist stopping at a farm just off the road to pick up 10 quarts of small but luscious berries (the small ones are sweetest, I think).
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Harvested rhubarb from the garden and a couple hours later : strawberry rhubarb jam.
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When you’re filling shelves for the winter, every little bit counts.
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It may seem like a small thing, but it always make It may seem like a small thing, but it always makes my heart happy to look out the window and see the cows grazing in the pasture.
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It took a lot of work to get here, and takes a lot of work to stay here, but working hard for something you love isn’t a burden. Instead it builds confidence, self-respect, resilience, and stamina.
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Go, friends. Work your tails off at work worth doing. And stop every now and again to take stock of all you’ve accomplished and all you’ve learned. It’ll blow your socks off and give you the gumption to do the next hard and worthwhile thing.
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Every farm needs a barn cat. We’ve noticed a hug Every farm needs a barn cat. We’ve noticed a huge difference between the years we’ve had barn cuts and the years we haven’t. They’re essential.
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And yet, I’m pretty sure my kids all think we keep barn cats for the kittens.
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There’s a new litter every spring and so far we’ve always been able to give enough away to keep from being overrun. Their momma, Scout, is a phenomenal mouser (and catches birds and squirrels and chipmunks too) and earns her keep many times over.
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So much so that when she decides to give birth, she finds a spot in the basement and we let her come and go as she pleases while the kittens are teeny. That in itself is a testament to her place on the farm.
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Eleven brand spankin’ new piglets born on the fa Eleven brand spankin’ new piglets born on the farm yesterday afternoon/evening.
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It never gets old this farming thing. There’s always something to work on, look forward to, get better at, learn from, grow into, and try again.
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I’m here for it and doing my darndest.
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