Noxious weeds are state-regulated invasive species that you are required to mitigate on your land. Are you aware of the species of weeds on your homestead and how they may affect your crops, animals, and property? Chase Youngdahl of Bonner County, Idaho explains the identification, management, prevention, and eradication of noxious weeds.

Chase's Links

Weeds of the West PDF: https://www.wyoextension.org/agpubs/pubs/wsws-1.pdf

Bonner Country Noxious Weeds: https://www.facebook.com/BonnerCountyNoxiousWeeds/?modal=admin_todo_tour

Kody's Links

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Homestead Business: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/homesteading/

Pre-Order "Self-Sufficient Children": https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/product/sufficient-children/

Homestead Business Membership: https://courses.thehomesteadeducation.com/offers/T2F2Lnf9

Katie Klein joins me to talk about the benefits of homeschooling and how to sort through all the different styles of education. It is important to remember that what works for one family may not work for yours, and that is okay!

Find Katie

Website: www.littlehouselearningco.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/littlehouselearningco

Find Kody:

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Homestead Business: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/homesteading/

Pre-Order "Self-Sufficient Children": https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/product/sufficient-children/

Homestead Business Membership: https://courses.thehomesteadeducation.com/offers/T2F2Lnf9

Join Angela Miller and me for an uplifting chat about being a homestead wife, mother, and businesswoman. While we enjoy some laughs, the need for Angela's Homestead Women's Society is highlighted through hard conversations and lots of smiles. 

The Homestead Women's Society Conference is coming up this week and has been sold out for quite a while, but Angela hints at her upcoming events for the next year.

Find Angela

Website: www.womenshomesteadsociety.com

Society IG: www.instagram.com/womenshomesteadsociety

Angela's IG: www.instagram.com/themiller_homestead

Find Kody

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thehomestead_education

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Homestead Business: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/homesteading/

Pre-Order "Self-Sufficient Children": https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/product/sufficient-children/

Amanda Radke, wife, mother, rancher, author, and agriculture speaker, comes on to talk about homeschooling feral boys while maintaining a career.

She shares her love of speaking about agriculture while we about the merits of teaching our society about food.

Be sure to check out her children's books on ranching and her adorable retail site!

Find Amanda

Website: https://amandaradke.com/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/amandaradke

Find Kody 

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Homestead Business: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/homesteading/

Pre-Order "Self-Sufficient Children": https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/product/sufficient-children/

Dusty Baker from Cross Timbers Bison joins me to talk all the ins and out of raising bison domestically. Raising bison can be similar to any other livestock but has a special set of differences into which Dusty gives some insight. 

If you are considering raising bison or ever eaten bison products, this episode will bring light to the topic.

Find Dusty (Cross Timbers Bison)

Website: www.crosstimbersbison.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CrossTimbersBison

Instagram: www.instagram.com/crosstimbersbison

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crosstimbersbison

Find Kody

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Homestead Business: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/homesteading/

Shelby Devore joins us to talk about how her background in agriculture has led her to start her educational website, Farminence. Shelby has two amazing summits every on small-scale farming and continues to add more courses and memberships to support aspiring farmers.

Shelby clearly loves what she does and shares how it ignites her every day to embrace her passion. 

Find Shelby

Website: https://farminence.com/

Backyard Garden Summit: https://homesteadeducation--farminence.thrivecart.com/backyard-vegetable-gardeners-summit/

Find Kody

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homesteadeducation

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Homestead Business: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/homesteading/

Tina Hollenbeck with The Homeschool Resource Roadmap gives valuable insight on how to choose a homeschool curriculum that meets your family's values. 

Her roadmap breaks down curriculum options by subject, age, statement of faith (or secular), and common core affiliation. She explains the merits and downfalls of each option wonderfully.

Find Tina and The Homeschool Resource Roadmap

Website: https://www.homeschoolroadmap.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/homeschoolroadmap

Find Kody Hanner

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thehomesteadeducation

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Homestead Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Brandon Sheard is a small-scale meat producer with his wife and eight kids on their homestead in Oklahoma. Brandon shares his outlook on traditional meat processing and discusses the necessities for a home butchering operation with my husband, Ron Hanner!

Brandon has amazing tips for using the whole animal in a practical, holistic, and culinary manner. 

Find Brandon and his suggestions!

Website: www.thefarmsteadmeatsmith.com

Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/h7d8k-5ac2e/A-Meatsmith-Harvest-Podcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmsteadmeatsmith/

Murry Carter - Blade Sharpening Fundamentals: https://youtu.be/Yk3IcKUtp8U

Modern Homesteading Conference: https://modernhomesteading.com/

Find Kody

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thehomesteadeducation

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

New business membership: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/business-membership/

Lane Walker, author of Hometown Hunters and The Fishing Chronicles, talks about his years as an educator. Lane created his middle school-aged books to reach reluctant readers that enjoy the outdoors.

Lane says that children now more than ever need a safe, reliable person in their life, and he hopes that he can reach these kids through his books.

Find Lane Walker

Website: www.lanewalker.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/lanewalkerbooks

Books: https://amzn.to/41swLK4

Find Kody Hanner

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Facebook: www.homesteadeducation.com/thehomesteadeducation

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com

Jill Ragen from Whispering Willow Farm and author of Tiny, But Mighty Farm has some incredible tips for small-scale farmers and homesteaders on how to scale their food growth and income.

She also comes with a great growth mindset of how important it is to simply show up even on the days that it feels impossible. 

Find Jill Ragen

Website: https://thewhisperingwillowfarm.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whisperingwillowfrm/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhisperingWillowFarm

Tiny, but Mighty Farm: https://amzn.to/41epuNT

Find Kody Hanner

Website: www.thehomesteadeducation.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestead_education

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thehomesteadeducation

YouTube: www.youtube.com/homesteadeducation

Curriculum: www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com