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Canned beef may not be the most appetizing jar on your pantry shelves, but rest assured– canned beef is the most essential quick protein in the pantry! While sticking a roast in your crock pot in the morning and coming home to a warm dinner is a wonderful way to eat from home, sometimes the…
Here at Pleasant Grove Homestead, we’ve been raising meat birds and egg layers for over 7 years! As of 2023, we raised 1,240 meat birds in the calendar year, and currently maintain a flock of 186 laying hens! We’ve learned a lot about what not to do– so here’s a complete guide of what to…
One of the best kept secrets on small farms are CSA programs! An upfront purchase of a share from an individual provides a small farm with financial assistance to buy all the seeds and materials to kick off the garden season before the crops are harvested and sold. We’ve provided you will all the details…
While we don’t rely on foods off our small acreage for much, what we do purchase, we value the price, quality and general business model! Below is an outline of the 12 best organic food brands you’ll want to stock up on– and the biggest benefit? They can all be ordered through one convenient website/hub…
A question that’s largely dependent on the care and breed of laying hen, we’ve outlined some major questions to consider when it comes to answering this question! The short answer, our data shows about 260 eggs in a year, and 500 in a lifetime! All of those numbers are subjective though– read on to know…
We’ve got loads of farm to table options for your gift giving this season, 2023 will be the best year ever to give the types of gifts that keep on giving, and no one would love anything more than a gift they can eat! Pleasant Grove Homestead has complied this list of top from the…
Making healthy eating a priority during the busy summer gardening and harvesting season can be a challenge. Here are my Top Tips to help you continue feeding your family healthy and nutritious meals even during the busyness of summer. Tip 1 – Have Veggies Prepped … and I’m not just talking about for cooking! Keep…
This Victorian Barbecue sauce made with rhubarb is a delicious, fresh tasting sauce made with the earliest spring crop- rhubarb! Adding this fruity sauce to grilled meat is a sure staple on your dinner table! It’s the perfect condiment to freeze or can to enjoy when the rhubarb season is over. Rhubarb is well-loved in…
As I thought back to this weeks meals, I couldn’t really recall what happened, where we were, or what happened over the last seven days. After reflection, we actually weren’t home much, and we had the epic realization we had a free Casey’s pizza waiting for us on our app when it was a late…
Follow along and see what our meals look like in a week! We often get asked about meal plans but honestly we have such an ebb and flow to our food supply we don’t really plan out meals. In this post, I will cover our hierarchy of using food as well as what we ate…