Practical homestead gifts are simply the best idea. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been creating for years, or just beginning to enjoy delicious homemade items from the homestead. You probably love sharing these products with friends and loved ones. The holiday season often has us scrambling for ideas that will lead to checking off the […]
Welcome to Timber Creek Farm!
If you are looking for encouragement while starting your homesteading journey, you have come to the right place. Our family farm is our homestead, where we raise vegetables for our table. and raise animals for fiber, eggs, meat and companionship! Wasting less and being more self sufficient is our ongoing goal.
Our mission with the website is to encourage and educate. We love the life we lead. If the small farm lifestyle is calling to you, I invite you to read through posts on this site. Many subjects related to animal husbandry, gardening, and homesteading are covered.
Our farm has a business side too. Free Range Yarn gathers together the best yarns from local small fiber farmers and brings you an outstanding collection of wool yarn. Supporting Free Range Yarn ultimately supports the small wool producer. Often these yarns are available only at local craft and fiber shows. We make these yarns available to you, in order to support the local wool industry, of which we are a part.We are grateful for each purchase from our shop. As our sales grow we are able to help more sheep farmers distribute their yarn to a wider group of knitters, and fiber artists.
We love to hear from you and welcome your comments. If you are in need of gifts or a small item for yourself, we would be honored if you took a look at what we offer in the Timber Creek Farm Shop. And lastly, if you would like to have all of our recent content delivered to your email each Monday morning, just sign up with your email. The weekly (most times) newsletter brings you updates from our farm and around the web as things pertain to small independent farming. Each of our new posts can be accessed from the newsletter too.
Thank you for joining us.
Janet
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DIY the Best Chicken Coop with Recycled Materials
Looking for ways to DIY the best chicken coop for your flock? Do you save recycled materials for those just in case scenarios? There are materials needed to house your flock, waterers, feeders and nest boxes just to name a few. I am here to tell you it is possible to achieve your dream even on a … [Read More...]
Natural Indigo Ice Water Dye for Wool
My most recent natural dye experiment was natural indigo ice water dye for wool yarn. After standing in the garden and staring at a rather large patch of Japanese indigo, I searched for ways to use the fresh leaves for dye. Knowing that the color did not last long with fresh indigo leaves, I … [Read More...]
Duck Botulism Treatment – Recovering from Limberneck
I did not think duck botulism treatment would be part of my summer. I spent the later part of the summer performing various duck botulism treatment options so my Rouen hen could recover. Since I had not heard about duck botulism or duck botulism treatment, it was not my first thought when I … [Read More...]
APPLE PIE JAM
Apple Pie Jam is a favorite for fall and winter. The jam is not too sweet but has lots of great taste! One of the benefits of having an abundance of a particular veggie or fruit is that you feel a bit more comfortable experimenting with recipes. Not meaning to sound wasteful but if I am … [Read More...]
Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread will be your new favorite once you try this recipe. I went searching for a recipe to make this deliciousness and of course found several. Ok, really, I found thousands,maybe millions of different recipes using these key ingredients. But I chose one from the … [Read More...]
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