You can grow natural dyes for wool in your back yard garden. As farm folks at heart, it’s natural for us to prefer do it yourself projects. The winter often finds us leafing through seed catalogs, planning our gardens for spring and summer. If you also love wool, consider adding some seeds for dye plants […]
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.
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Janet
Fresh From the Blog:
When is the Best Time to Start Chicks?
Waiting until spring for the best time to start chicks, can be too much to handle. Nothing starts a severe case of chicken fever like a brooder full of baby fluff butts. Chicks are extremely susceptible to the cold weather and unless you live in an area that has warm weather year round, … [Read More...]
How to Fix a Muddy Chicken Run
Rainy seasons are necessary but what do we do with the resulting muddy chicken run? Are you tired of muddy eggs, messy coop floors and slippery chicken run? I'm not going to sugar coat it. If you have an extremely muddy chicken run, it will take some labor to return the run to a better state. … [Read More...]
Can Goats Eat Christmas Trees?
This is the time of year to ask, can goats eat Christmas trees? Many of us will have spent hard earned dollars, purchasing a fresh cut tree from a local tree lot. After the tinsel and ornaments have been removed, using the tree as a food option in the barnyard can add value to the money spent on a … [Read More...]
Slow Living Through the Art of Knitting
The mere words ‘Slow Living’ conjures up all kinds of images in our imagination. In my mind, slow living conjures up big pots of simmering homegrown food, a fire gently crackling, children laughing, stacks of good books that I’ve read and reread, seed catalogs full of opportunities, the scent … [Read More...]
Easy Homemade Rolls for Holiday Dinners
This week I baked some very easy homemade rolls. Our holiday dinners wouldn't feel complete without fresh baked bread, and it's one of the additions to the table that I love to contribute. When my family gathers, I love to spoil them with the foods they remember from growing up. It's how I show them … [Read More...]
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Can Goats Eat Christmas Trees? This is the time of year to ask, can goats eat Christmas trees? Many of us will have spent hard earned dollars, purchasing a fresh cut tree from a local tree lot. After the tinsel and ornaments have been removed, using the tree as a food option in the barnyard can add value to the money spent o...
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How Much Food Does a Chicken Need I had a reader ask me recently," how much food does a chicken need to eat per day ". This is a very valid question and it will differ depending on where you get your information. For instance, if she had asked a meat bird facility manager, he would be able to tell her how much each chicken is fed a...
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Three Things Chickens Don't Need For Winter (and three that they do!) When raising chickens naturally, there are three things chickens don't need for winter. I know it's hard to believe that chickens can and do make it through the winter months, even in very cold climates, without our interfering. How can a chicken possibly survive the cold and reach the warm...
