Mojo Homestead Happenings

Chicken Breeds and Colored Eggs

Whether you're a seasoned poultry pro or just dipping your toes into the feathered world of backyard flocks, one thing's for sure – chickens come in a dazzling...

Getting Started with Backyard Chicken Keeping

So many people I speak to tell me they would love to have chickens in their backyard but they don't know where to start. 

I honestly...

Traditional Shopping

In the past, the only way a producer, manufacturer or retailer could pass their goods on to a consumer was to have a bricks-and-mortar shop. This meant the producer was limited...

10 Food Security Tips 

Let's talk about food security. I think a lot of people feel that same at the moment, certainly after the $10 lettuce of 2022. We all want to feed ourselves and our...

Off-Farm Income

One of the hardest things about starting a small farm is the cash flow. When you have start-up expenses but no income what do you do?  While we both still work off-farm anyway,...

Do you just wake up one day and say "I'm going to change my lifestyle and become self-sufficient”

Maybe it's the way you are raised, maybe you're born with it (cue Maybelline music!).

Not me!...

Moving to the Country

If you didn't just hum "and eat me a lot of peaches" you need to listen to more music.

So you've been watching Yellowstone or Escape to the Country and have got thinking about...