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All Episodes

Ditch The Store — 164 episodes

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Episode 163 - Preserving Homegrown Herbs

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Episode 162 - May Garden Jobs

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Episode 161 - Potatoes, Garlic & Onions

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Episode 160 - Simple Composting

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Episode 159 - Cool Season Gardening

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Episode 158 - Homestead Easter

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E 157 – Chicken Problems and Fixes

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E156 - Egg Overload

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Episode 155 - Building a Predator-Proof Coop

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🎙 Episode 154: Best Chicken Breeds for Beginners

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Episode 153 - Why Autumn Is the Smartest Time to Get Chickens

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Episode 152 – More Self-Sufficient in 12 Months

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Episode 151 - Planning Your First Homesteading Year

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Episode 150 - Tools & Supplies You Actually Need to Start

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Episode 149 – Lammas on the Homestead

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Episode 148 – Homesteading Without Quitting Your Day Job

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Episode 147 – 12 Beginner Homesteading Mistakes to Avoid

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Episode 146 – How Much Land Do You Need?

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Episode 145 - What Even Is Homesteading?

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Episode 144 - So You Wanna Be a Homesteader?

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Episode 143 - What the Farm Taught Me This Year

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Episode 142 - My Farm Accident

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Episode 141 - Soil Wars

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Episode 140 - Rethinking the Backyard Garden

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Episode 139 - Barbers Pole Worm

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Episode 138: Raw Goat’s Milk

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Episode 137: How to Milk a Goat

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Episode 136: Bottle Raised Kids

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Episode 135: Doe-Raised Kids

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Episode 134 - Goat Kidding Basics

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Episode 133 - Goat Shelters & Fencing

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Episode 132 Best Milk Goat Breeds

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Episode 131 - Should You Get a Dairy Goat?

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Episode 130 - Cleaning the Tough Stuff

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Episode 129 - Crystal Clear Naturally

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Episode 128: Bathroom Cleaning Without the Toxins

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Episode 127 - Natural Dishwashing Solutions

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Episode 126 - Homemade Laundry Products

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Episode 125 – Essential Oils for Cleaning

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Episode 124 – One Spray to Rule Them All

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Episode 123 - Deep Cleaning the Natural Way

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Episode 122 – Toxic Truth: Why You Should Ditch Chemical Cleaners

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Episode 121 - Every Backyard Should Have Chickens

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Episode 120 - Freezing & Preserving Baked Goods

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Episode 119 – Discard Crackers & Crumpets

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Episode 118 - Sourdough and Fermentation

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Episode 117 - Simple Sourdough Loaf

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Episode 116 - What Flours Work

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Episode 115 - Starting Your Sourdough Starter

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Episode 114 - Why Sourdough?

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Episode 113 Fresh Eggs for Months

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Episode 112 - Chickens with Afros & 5 Toes

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Episode 111 - Top Coop Questions

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Episode 110 - Why Homesteaders Start with Chickens

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Episode 109 - Welcome to Ditch the Store

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Episode 108: Egg Troubles Solved

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Episode 107: All Weather Hens

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Episode 106: Happy and Healthy Hens

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Episode 105 - Growing Chicks to Layers

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Episode 104 - Better Feed = Better Eggs

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Episode 103 - Chicken Coop Must-Haves

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Episode 102 - Top Chicken Breeds

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Episode 101 - Never Buy Eggs Again

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Episode 100 - Our 100th Episode

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Episode 99 - Chicken Processing What You Need to Know

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Episode 98 - Farming Myths

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Episode 97 - Planning 2025

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Episode 96 - 2024 In Review

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Episode 95 Gifts for Homesteaders

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Episode 94 - Dispatch and Process Chickens

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Episode 93 - Chickens: Self-Sufficiency Starters

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Episode 92 Brooder to Tractor

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Episode 91 - Why Raise Meat Chickens?

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Episode 90 - The SAD Truth

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Episode 89 - Off Grid Water

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Episode 88 - Hospital Food

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Episode 87 - Farmers Vs Supermarkets

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Episode 86 - Self-Sufficiency

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Episode 85 - Beginner Homesteading

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Episode 84 - Buying Rural Land

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Episode 83 - Livestock Guardian Dogs

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Episode 82 - Milking Goats for Homesteaders

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Episode 81 - Goat Breeds for Homesteaders

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Episode 80 - The Doe Code

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Episode 79 - Meat Birds

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Episode 78 - Holidaying with Chickens

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Episode 77 - Raising Day Old Chicks

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Episode 76 - Chicken Feed

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Episode 75 - Egg Truths

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Episode 74 - Avian Flu

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Episode 73 - Supermarket Free Living

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Episode 72 - Spring Livestock Planning

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Episode 71 - Planning Your Spring Garden

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Episode 70 - 90-Day Homestead Planning

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Episode 69 - Winter Livestock Feed

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Episode 68 - Winter Gardens

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Episode 67 - Winter Education

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Episode 66 - Winter Wellness

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Episode 65 - Off-Grid - Other Options

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Episode 64 - Off-Grid - Heating & Cooling

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Episode 63 Off-Grid Water & Sewerage

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Episode 62 - Off-Grid Solar Power

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Episode 61 - Death and Animals

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Episode 60 - Realities of Rural Living

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Episode 59 Goat Keeping 101 - Part 5

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Episode 58 Goat Keeping 101 Part 4

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Episode 57 - Goat Keeping 101 - Part 3

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Episode 56 - Goat Keeping 101 - Part 2

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Episode 55 - Goat Keeping 101 - Part 1

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Episode 54 - EOM - Lana Salant

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Episode 53 - Food Security

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Episode 52 - DIY Projects

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Episode 51 Homestead Crafts

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Episode 50 - Getting Started with Chickens

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Episode 49 Sustainable Homestead Kitchens

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Episode 48 Controversial Topics

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Episode 47 - Homestead Yearly Budget

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Episode 46 - Animal Care and Maintenance

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Episode 45 - Livestock and Crop Planning

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Episode 44 - Yearly Planning and Time Managment

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Episode 43 - Homestead Holiday Guide Gardens

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Episode 42 Homestead Holiday Guide Animals

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Episode 41 - Homestead Holiday Guide

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Episode 40 - Are You A Prepper

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E39 Hard Livestock Decisions & How to Avoid Them

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Episode 38 - Homestead Hiccups

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Episode 37 - Making Money from Chickens

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Episode 36 - Managing Excess Eggs

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Episode 35 - Fowl to Human

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Episode 34 - Raising Meat Birds

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Episode 33 - Weird Chicken Questions

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Episode 32 - What We Feed Our Stock?

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Episode 31 - Why Drink Raw Milk?

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Episode 30 - Bees and Other Pollinators

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Episode 29 - Livestock Breeding and Reproduction

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Episode 28 - Seeds and Plants

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Episode 27 - Why Anti-Farming?

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Episode 26 - Spring Beehive Preparation

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Episode 25 - Fruit and Nut Trees

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Episode 24 - Livestock Preparation

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Episode 23 - Garden Preparation

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Episode 22 - Sustainable Living Costs

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Episode 21 - Frugal Living

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Episode 20 - Income Generation for Homesteaders

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Episode 19 - Homestead Financial Planning

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Episode 18 - The Farmer's Husband

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Episode 17 - 10 Principles of Modern Homesteading

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Episode 16 - Raising Your Own Chicks

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Episode 15 - Chicken Breeds and Coloured Eggs

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Episode 14 - Chicken Coops

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Episode 13 - Chicken Nutrition

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Episode 12 - Why Should You Grow Your Own Eggs?

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Episode 11 - Getting Started with Backyard Chickens

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Episode 10 - Plant Based Diets and the Agriculture Lies - Part 2

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Episode 9 - Plant Based Diet - Health Lies - Part 1

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Episode 8 - Does Homesteading Pay

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Episode 7 - Homesteading and Off-Farm Work

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Episode 6 - Urban Homesteading

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Episode 5 - Chickens - The Gateway Drug to Homesteading

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Episode 4 - Interview with My Kids

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Episode 3 - Motherhood and Farming

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Episode 2 - History of Women in Farming

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Episode 1 - My Background

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