Sourced & Cited Guides
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Beginner-friendly homestead guides, sourced and cited.
Every printable in this shop is grounded in tested sources: USDA, the National Center for Home Food Preservation, and state cooperative extensions. Instant download, print at home, no filler. New guides drop monthly.
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Preservation
The Beginner’s Canning eBook
12 Tested Recipes + Safety Reference
Five chapters covering canning safety, equipment, water-bath recipes, fermented pickles, and a printable quick-reference card. Every recipe and processing time is sourced from the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning or the National Center for Home Food Preservation.
- Canning safety primer (pH, headspace, when water-bath is safe)
- Tomato sauce, strawberry-rhubarb jam, dill pickles (water-bath)
- Fermented dill pickles (no canner required)
- Printable quick-reference card for the kitchen wall
- USDA & NCHFP cited throughout
Chickens
The Backyard Chickens Starter Guide
Breeds, Coops & Confident First-Year Care
A welfare-first guide to your first flock, plus two printables. Five chapters cover choosing breeds, building and predator-proofing the coop, feed and water, daily care, and the beginner mistakes that harm birds. Sourced from cooperative extension guidance and the Merck Veterinary Manual.
- Choosing the right breed for eggs, hardiness, and temperament
- Coop, run, and nesting box sizing, plus predator-proofing
- Feeders, waterers, and feed by age (with a feed chart)
- The daily and weekly flock care routine
- Printable coop-build checklist + egg production log
Why these guides
Sourced & Cited
Every recipe and processing time is pulled from USDA, NCHFP, or a land-grant extension. Never invented.
Beginner-friendly
Plain language. No fearmongering. Written for the first-time homesteader who wants clear answers, not overwhelm.
Instant download
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Kitchen
Pantry Mixes Bundle
Taco seasoning, ranch mix, brown gravy, cream-of-soup substitute. All from scratch, all sourced.
Gardening
Garden Planner Pack
Bed-layout worksheet, seed-starting and planting calendar, and a harvest log. Printable.
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