The Old Walsh Farm

Learn 52 homesteading skills in ONE year. Become more self sufficient.

  • About
  • Book
  • 52 Homestead Skills
  • Start a farm
    • From Dreamers to Farmers in two years!
    • City Slickers to Profitable Farmers
  • Animals
    • Chickens
    • Ducks
    • Bees
    • How to catch your bees – when they escape
    • How to find your Queen bee
  • Growing
    • Fruit trees
    • Raspberries
    • Microgreens
    • Grow lemons indoors
    • Seeds, secrets and eating only what you grow
  • DIY
    • Knitting
    • Deodorant
    • Candles
    • Embarrassing moments and cheap soap
    • How to Make a Healing Honey Hand Salve
    • Homemade Lip Balm – in 3 minutes
    • Convert an existing structure into a chicken coop
  • Recipes
fermented zucchini

How to ferment zucchini – step by step guide

Homesteading New Year's Resolutions

Why Your Homesteading Resolutions Fail (and what to do instead)

10 books that’ll make you a better homesteader

How to make water kefir: in 4 easy steps!

Using leaves as beehive insulation

The best FREE DIY Beehive Insulation

How to keep eggs fresh for months – water glassing eggs

Caring for wool dryer balls

The ultimate guide to using and caring for wool dryer balls

Beekeeping tools

The 7 Must-Have Hive Tools

Guardian Livestock Dogs

What I Wished I Would Have Known About Livestock Guardian Dogs

Easiest Organic Vegetables to Grow

Death, tears and life on the homestead

preparing for lambing

The beginner’s guide to preparing for your first lambing

Six secrets to choosing the best beehive for beginners

Keep kids entertained

Keep Kids Entertained and Learning While Stuck at Home

Benefits of beekeeping

Why You’d Make a Great Beekeeper

52 Homestead Skills

52 skills to put under your tree

5 Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way Raising Sheep

From Dreamers to Farmers in two years!

How to find the Queen bee OR – Where’s Waldo?

How to grow huge lemons indoors

Chocolate mint strawberry jam

Chocolate Mint Strawberry Jam 

City Slickers to Profitable Farmers

How to have a Merry Simple Christmas

Quitting your day job to start a farm

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