Misconceptions About Homesteading | Ash Turner of Turner Farm
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- With the growing popularity of homesteading on Instagram, it’s easy to look at this lifestyle through a romanticized filter. No one would say that the homesteading life is 100% glamorous, but it’s hard to fully grasp the weight of the difficult moments until you are in them. Ash of Turner Farm wrote a beautiful article for Homestead Mamas on this very topic, so I’m excited to bring her on the podcast to dive deeper into this conversation. Ash shares about the ups and downs of starting and growing her homestead from scratch- everything from losing newborn livestock to milking her cow in a field under a beautiful sunset. Whether you are dreaming of starting a homestead or you are already in the trenches, may this episode inform and encourage you about the challenges and blessings of this lifestyle.
In this episode, we cover:
- How most of us aren’t prepared to experience the hard parts of homesteading until we get there
- Some of the challenges that come with livestock births and deaths on the homestead
- The surprising moments of beauty that make homesteading worth it
- How you can start a homestead with modest resources
- Stories of different animals’ fencing needs
- Does homesteading truly save you money on food?
- Why you might want to wean a calf from its mother
- The best ways to learn about homesteading if you don’t have a background in it
- Why now is the perfect time to start homesteading
- Ash’s favorite sourdough recipes and what she is currently experimenting with in her kitchen
ABOUT ASH
Ash lives in rural Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband Daniel and their children Ellie and Anderson, where they raise pastured pigs and wagyu cattle. The winters are long and the summers are magic and you can often find her in the kitchen or curled up next to the wood stove during the winter months and milking the cow in the yard during the summer. Her greatest passion is teaching others, and her greatest teachers are her children.
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Kate of Venison for Dinner / venisonfordinner
Abby of The Gateway Farm / thegatewayfarm
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Chocolate sourdough bread recipe by Ash www.instagram....
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Lindor truffle sourdough bread by Ash www.instagram....
For the Love of Sourdough cookbook by Ash and Lizi of The Food Nanny www.thefoodnan...
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This is the stuff I want to hear! We have plans and dreams of owning our own property and raising animals. But I want to hear it all, not just the beautiful parts people put on Instagram but all of the things. Thanks so much for sharing!💛
So interesting to relearn the lives our great grandparents lived.
Honest words. Thanks ladies 💝💝
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I think when you are a "softie", you learn to pay more attention to your animals. You start preventing, thinking ahead, studying more and asking people questions. Then it gets easier and easier.
Lovely episode thank you!
Great info!! Thank you!
So excited to discover a fellow bluenoser on your channel Lisa. Just scrolled through the IG acct quickly. Holy sourdough baker! Can’t wait to explore all her offerings. Be the way, we are called Bluenosers after our world class schooner built here, in case the reference may be confusing. Definitely Nova Scotia proud.
Thanks for the explanation!
“The birthing aspect” it’s funny how many have no idea i
A rancher is a walking zombie during birthing season. It’s seriously hard beyond hard. But worth every moment.
This was interesting. I hear the difficulties of homesteading. But it can be very uninspiring for beginners. When I watch Lisa on “Farmhouse on Boone”, she makes things sound easy. Just a matter of fact. As if there isn’t the option to fail. Only a moment to learn and try again. Thanks for sharing. 😬
Yes. We are in suburbia. And we have a garden and chickens. The chickens we got have MG and it has been emotionally taxing to frantically research everything and make decisions and treat it. I’m curious how I would handle the emotional toll of larger animals with disease; I imagine not well. But maybe I should just go for it one day
I can relate about animals dying I get so attach
My sister and her family raises 100% wagyu! East Texas area. If you are ever down in the area you should check them out!
Reminds me gotta go feed the chickens!
Does she has a you tube channel
Interesting listen but I found you both focused more on livestock then crops. But then again livestock I guess would be more work. I eat mostly vegetarian so it makes no sense for me to ever keep live stock. Just a few chickens to help in the garden. I also live in the burbs so to get larger animals would mean a lot more expense.