Have you always wondered about ways to make an income off of your homestead or small farm? Hopefully the MilkMaids can help you! Today we are talking about five different ways to make money off of your homestead, and these are not the type of ways you may think. If you had to pick one way to make money off your homestead, which one would you choose?
Our shoutout this week goes to Seed Mail Seed Co! Stefane is doing incredible things and uniting gardeners of all skill levels together over their love of gardening. You can check out her website here https://www.seedmailseed.co/pages/home (https://www.seedmailseed.co/pages/home) and dont forget to follow her social media handles @seedmailseedco and @mint2grow. She also has a patreon at https://www.patreon.com/mint2grow (https://www.patreon.com/mint2grow)
As always, you can reach us at
milkmaidspodcast@gmail.com
Weekly Resources:
https://www.smallfarmincomeideas.com/turn-waste-into-gold-by-selling-compost/ (https://www.smallfarmincomeideas.com/turn-waste-into-gold-by-selling-compost/)
How-to-sell-honey (https://backyardbeekeeping101.com/how-to-sell-honey/)
https://www.onlinelabels.com/templates/pre-designed/category/honey-label-templates (https://www.onlinelabels.com/templates/pre-designed/category/honey-label-templates)
https://www.onlinelabels.com/uses/honey-jar-labels (https://www.onlinelabels.com/uses/honey-jar-labels)
5 May 2022
Vermiculture
Tara tried to get us talking about literally anything else but worms after our parasite suite, but Steph simply wont allow it. Join us this week as we look at the benefit of worms and how we can use them to help our gardens. Vermicomposting is simple and can be done anywhere, even in your house!
This week, we are shouting out
As always, you can reach us at
milkmaidspodcast@gmail.com
Weekly Resources:
Worm Factory Stackable Bins https://www.amazon.com/Worm-Factory-WF360B-Composter-Black/dp/B002LH47PY (https://www.amazon.com/Worm-Factory-WF360B-Composter-Black/dp/B002LH47PY)
Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm https://unclejimswormfarm.com/order-stuff/composting-worms/?gclid=CjwKCAjwjZmTBhB4EiwAynRmD_A9cV-R_LnUZiRegzwb3UsOTDzhse71Fp6Y6X7rjrzrkEvr6N7QBxoCq40QAvD_BwE (https://unclejimswormfarm.com/order-stuff/composting-worms/?gclid=CjwKCAjwjZmTBhB4EiwAynRmD_A9cV-R_LnUZiRegzwb3UsOTDzhse71Fp6Y6X7rjrzrkEvr6N7QBxoCq40QAvD_BwE)
https://www.planetnatural.com/composting-101/indoor-composting/vermicomposting/
https://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/vermicompost107.shtml
14 Apr 2022
Six Pig Breeds
The MilkMaids are TOGETHER! Tara visited Steph in Wyoming and we were finally able to record together. This is a fun episode talking about 6 popular pig breeds. We cover several conventional breeds as well as several heritage breeds- little something for everyone!
Our shout out this week goes to The Livestock Conservancy! Find and support them at https://livestockconservancy.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate/ (https://livestockconservancy.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate/)
As always, you can reach us at
milkmaidspodcast@gmail.com
Weekly Resources:
The Livestock Conservancy- https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/#WhyDefine (https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/#WhyDefine)
Berkshire- Berkshire (britishpigs.org.uk) (https://www.britishpigs.org.uk/berkshire)
Berkshire- https://www.berkshirepigs.org.uk/the-club/history-of-berkshire-pigs/ (https://www.berkshirepigs.org.uk/the-club/history-of-berkshire-pigs/)
Yorkshire- https://www.britannica.com/animal/Yorkshire-breed-of-pig (https://www.britannica.com/animal/Yorkshire-breed-of-pig)
Yorkshire- http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/yorkshire/ (http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/yorkshire/)
Hampshire- https://nationalswine.com/about/breeds/about-hampshire.php (https://nationalswine.com/about/breeds/about-hampshire.php)
Large Black- https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/heritage-breeds-list/large-black-pig/ (https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/heritage-breeds-list/large-black-pig/)
Kune kune- https://americankunekunepigsociety.com (https://americankunekunepigsociety.com/)
Mangalista- https://www.royal-mangalitsa.com/_files/ugd/8d6388_d2bd9f3b243743d199771676792edc02.pdf?index=true (https://www.royal-mangalitsa.com/_files/ugd/8d6388_d2bd9f3b243743d199771676792edc02.pdf?index=true)
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