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Part 3: Burnout–a relaxed return to my day job

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| Animal Husbandry, Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Mental Health, Winter

Yeah, right…despite resting as much as possible over the last few months, I have not been able to recover from burnout. It feels like I’ve hit a wall. Recovery is definitely a work in progress. 

Phoenix here, talking about homesteading and working while dealing with burnout…

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Part 1: Springtime on the homestead–baby animals (by Phoenix)

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| Animal Husbandry, Dairy Farming, Homesteading

Hi, Phoenix here. We’re finally getting warmer weather going into spring after a crazy winter…

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Preparing for winter (by Phoenix)

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| Energy, Homesteading, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here. With winter fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about the tasks we need to do on the homestead to prepare for winter….

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Part 7: Dairy Farming–making soap and shampoo (by Phoenix)

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| Dairy Farming, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability
Body soap bar

Hi, Phoenix here, wrapping up the blog post series on dairy farming with something a little different. The previous posts in this series have focused on making food…

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Part 6: Dairy Farming–making keto ice cream (by Phoenix)

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| Dairy Farming, Homesteading, Mental Health, Sustainability
Keto Pistachio-Almond Ice Cream

Hi, Phoenix here continuing our series on dairy farming. In this post, I’ll describe how K and I make keto ice cream. But first, why keto?…

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Part 4: Dairy Farming–making fresh cheese (by Phoenix)

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| Dairy Farming, Homesteading, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability
Making mozzarella

Hi, Phoenix here continuing the blog post series on dairy farming.  During this post, I’ll share some of the experiences K and I have had making fresh cheese…

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Part 3: Dairy Farming–milking the goats (by Phoenix)

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| Dairy Farming, Homesteading, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here, continuing our discussion on dairy farming. In this blog post, I want to talk about what K and I learned about milking goats, mostly by doing things wrong the first time…

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Part 2: Dairy Farming–goat milk vs cow milk (by Phoenix)

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| Dairy Farming, Homesteading, Self-sufficiency

Phoenix here, continuing our series on dairy farming. In this post, I want to talk about some of the differences between goat milk and cow milk…

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Part 1: Raising animals for food-independence

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| Animal Husbandry, Mental Health, Self-sufficiency
Erik Stoesser-Casad

It became clear to us we needed to raise animals to achieve food independence. This meant not having to…

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