To begin with, we apologize for this week's article being late. Farming is often a weather-driven business, and it's simply been too...

It's a bit of a stereotype than people have a thing about their lawns - correctly cut, no dead spots, perfect shade of green all over. In...

Recently we brought both our San Clemente Island goats and our Soay sheep to the Maine Fiber Frolic in Windsor, Maine. We had an awesome...

Good morning and happy gray-day! We are taking advantage of the drizzly weather to get housework and paperwork caught up and - honestly -...

I recently posted a comment on Facebook that I never considered would be controversial. I was mistaken. That comment was basically, "your...

Between technical and scheduling issues, it's been a couple of weeks since the last blog post came out, despite my best attempts. I spent...

The weather this year seemed to get unseasonable warm very early, and in an attempt to not have all the farm events going on at once, we...

One of the cool things about raising endangered heritage breeds, is that you not only end up with some of the rarest animals in the...

Soay sheep are one of the last sheep to shed their own wool. Their tails don't need docking and they almost always birth independently...

Yesterday Petal gave birth to her first baby, a baby doeling. It was a quick, easy birthing which we were both very grateful for! I heard...

Aka: Little Lost Lamb Warning: If you are not a hardcore farmer/homesteader, don't read this. If your livestock/chickens are pets, rather...

As we get closer to the lambing/kidding season here on the homestead we are paying very close attention to our ladies in case there are...

AKA: Internet, Meet Julie When we got our sheep last October, We got a young ram, a wether, 3 adult ewes and 6 lambs. We later added...

This weekend the barn stalls were cleaned out, the boys moved to the back-half of the pen near the house and all of our lady goats were...

March 18th. That's the day Sherri becomes a full time homesteader and Saffron and Honey Homestead becomes something more than a side...

Here at Saffron and Honey Homestead, we try and live in harmony with the environment as much as we can. We try to find ways to allow our...

In fact, we have more than one! March 19th at 10a we will offer our popular "Colony Raising Rabbits for Beginners" online. Interested in...

I once wrote an article for Backyard Poultry about Muscovy and how hardy they are. I went into great depth about their ability to fend...

Starting a new business is a lot about forming goals and meeting them. When starting a homestead, that can be difficult, since income...

The vet was here today and we have confirmation - all our adult ewes and bred does are pregnant! And, as the spoiler says, Sunflower is...