A homesteader's shop · Louisiana
Homestead gear, picked with care in Louisiana.
A small homestead and a carefully kept shop: the gear worth owning for the coop, the garden and the kitchen, chosen with care and labeled honestly.
“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”
- Researched picks from trusted brands
- Paid links always marked
- No pop-ups, ever
Now on the homestead
What's happening this season
Coming first
Quail
The quail housing is coming together while we wait for our very first birds. The quail setup Up nextChickens & the Bresse line
Chickens come next. Later, we plan to add American Bresse chickens, with hatch logs and notes as that work begins. Chickens & Bresse New guidesThe Journal
Researched, sourced guides: predator-proofing a coop, water-bath vs. pressure canning, and choosing a first meat grinder. Read the guidesThe Shop
Seeds and supplies for the coop, garden and kitchen, with more categories on the way
21 categories in four sections, from the coop to the pantry shelf. Each shelf fills slowly, with products from trusted partner brands, chosen through research with sources we can show you.
How we choose products
Clear labels. No guesswork.
A shelf with a few honest picks beats a shelf full of guesses. We choose from trusted partner brands based on research, and we haven't used everything we list, so every pick wears a badge that says where it comes from.
Read how we choose Used here
Only on items we own and use ourselves. On those, we'll share what we paid, how long we've had it, and what we'd change.
Researched
Chosen from manufacturer specs, Extension and USDA guidance, and reviews and reputation. We haven't used it ourselves, we say so plainly, and we link our sources.
Made by us
Anything we make ourselves will be labeled as ours, so the relationship is always clear.
From the Journal
Guides & notes from the homestead
Hardware cloth vs. chicken wire: predator-proofing a coop
Why chicken wire keeps hens in but not predators out, what mesh size to use where, and how to stop diggers, climbers and reachers, drawn from Extension guidance.
Read the post: Hardware cloth vs. chicken wire: predator-proofing a coopWater-bath vs. pressure canning: which foods need which
A plain-language guide to acid and low-acid foods, why green beans need a pressure canner and jam doesn't, and the methods USDA and NCHFP say to skip.
Read the post: Water-bath vs. pressure canning: which foods need whichGrinding at home: choosing your first meat grinder
Manual or electric, what head sizes like #8 and #22 mean, how much power you need, and the cold, clean habits that matter more than the machine.
Read the post: Grinding at home: choosing your first meat grinder