The Old Walsh Farm

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

  • About
  • Book
  • 52 Homestead Skills
  • Start a farm
    • How to raise sheep for milk – Dreamers to Dairy Sheep Farmers in 2 years!
    • How to start a farm – 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
Lacto-fermented radishes

Lacto-fermented radishes- a step-by-step guide

“Bee”ware: The real cost of beekeeping & how to save money

How to easily ferment crunchy ginger carrots: 6 steps

Does morning gratitude actually boost happiness? My year-long results.

fermented zucchini

How to ferment zucchini – a 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 years: Water glassing eggs

Beekeeping tools

The 7 Must-Have Hive Tools

Guardian Livestock Dogs

Livestock Guardian Dogs: What I Wished I Would Have Known

Top 10 easiest organic vegetables to grow (even if you have a brown thumb)

How to use soap nuts to clean everything

Death, tears and life on the homestead

preparing for lambing

A woolly great lambing guide: Your top 20 questions answered

Six secrets to choosing the best beehive for beginners

Keep kids entertained

Keep Kids Entertained and Learning While Stuck at Home

Benefits of beekeeping

Top 10 Surprising Benefits of Beekeeping: Why You’d Make a Great Beekeeper

52 Homestead Skills

52 skills to put under your tree

Raising sheep: 5 Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way

How to raise sheep for milk – Dreamers to Dairy Sheep Farmers in 2 years!

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

How to grow huge lemons indoors

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