Livestock tips - butchering & curing meat
http://www.sugarmountainhome.com/livestock/livestock.html has neat information on butchering and curing meat, for anyone interested in it.
www.sugarmountainhome.com is a great resource for anyone interested in homesteading. They have their personal journey, tons of great information from “been there done that” experiences, good information on buying a homestead and living the homestead life.
As I dive more into the “homestead way of life” the best I can in my apartment setting, the more I enjoy it. There is a LOT you can do in an apartment to help preserve/improve the earth your live on, save your money, and enhance your lives through back to basics living. Those of who own your own home or even better a chunk of land, have many more opportunities (depending on where you live) to raise livestock… Something us apartment dwellers are not able to do (although we are considering rabbits, we can put a line of hutches along our staircase in the back of our apt. that lead up to it… but then again our apartment setting is a bit unique to allow something like that!)
June 26th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Sauder Village, in Archbold Ohio, used to have a hog butchering demonstration each fall. They started out with a hog in a pen and ended up with sausage by the end of the day. I don’t know if they still do that. It was very educational for anyone who has never done any butchering. It’s only about an hour and a half drive.