After many trial batches, many sweet testers, we are announcing the sale of our signature scent, Nevada Beach Goat Milk Lotion has made it's way into our online store!
The Bent Barbell Ranch 2025 Update
Follow along for a ranch update here at The Bent Barbell Ranch.
Unusual Friends
A collection of some of our unusual animal friends on our homestead here in Northern Nevada.
DIY Bed Frame
Create your own Minimalist Platform DIY Bed Frame from repurposed wood. Let's begin building great furniture again!
Easy Homemade Marinated Feta
Enhance your self-sufficiency, and decrease your grocery bill by creating your own homemade marinated feta cheese completely from scratch.
Buttermilk Lunch Bread Recipe
Save yourself money at this grocery store, requiring minimal effort on your part and bake my buttermilk lunch bread recipe using freshly milled grains.
DIY Goat Milking Stand
Follow our simple design for a DIY goat milking stand sure to meet any budget. An easy build for even the most inexperienced woodworkers!
Homemade Tofu
Homemade tofu recipe from beginning to end using dried soybeans.
My Azure Standard ReviewÂ
Fight inflation, increase your overall health, buy organic in bulk with Azure Standard.
Creamy Greek Yogurt Popsicles
Creamy greek yogurt popsicles for a healthy summer snack. From scratch using fresh goats milk on our homestead.
The Romantic Allure of Homesteading
The reason so many are drawn to the homesteading lifestyle is the romantic allure in the simplicity of a slower pace of life.
10 Necessary Crops for Self-Sufficiency
Now is the time to obtain self-sufficiency in your garden, here is a simple list of necessary crops for gardeners at all skill levels.
The Best Grow Lights for Starting Seeds
The best grow lights for starting seeds indoors when you have a short growing season.
The Secret to Growing Basil All Year Long From One Plant
My secret to keeping basil all year round no matter your climate.
Lemon Grass & Beer Skin Soothing Soap
Lemon Grass and Beer Skin Soothing Soap Bar, an excellent bar for overall skin health, safe for sensitive skin too!
Why We Won’t Raise Cornish Broiler Cross Chickens
My honest review on raising Cornish Cross meat chickens for our homesteading meat supply.
January Books To Read
As January is coming to a close, a quick review of some of my favorite reads this month.
Steel Cut Groats for a Healthy Breakfast
Groats for a nutritious, energizing breakfast, great for meal prep for the week and keeping your growing family fed.
DIY Two Ingredient – All Purpose Natural Cleaner
A simple two ingredient, all natural, all purpose cleaner.
Fossil Farms -Teaching Through Tasting
Teaching the kids through tasting, our experience with Fossil Farms.
Pink Squash Beet Ravioli & Worship in The Kitchen
A fun take on your typical homemade ravioli, pink squash beet ravioli is an excellent way to add in some extra veggies to your families diet, an added bonus, they are pleasing to the eye!
Raising Turkeys as a Meat Source – My Final Thoughts Before the Last Harvest
From poults to processing, how we raised turkeys for meat on our homestead and all my thoughts about it.
My Favorite Homesteading Products
My favorite homesteading products that have made our homesteading efforts much more efficient.
Year in Review for The Bent Barbell Ranch
Our year in review on The Bent Barbell Ranch, Happy New Year's Eve!
Does RYZE Mushroom Coffee Actually Work?
Is RYZE mushroom coffee a good replacement for your daily coffee? My personal review on drinking mushroom coffee for overall health and clean energy.
KuneKune Pigs at The Bent Barbell Ranch -Why We Raise Our Own Meat
What it's like raising KuneKune Pigs on our homestead, and why we choose to raise our own meat instead of eating from the store.
Homestead Apothecary – The Bent Barbell Ranch Tinted Lip Balm
Introducing our tinted lip balm line here on the homestead.
Turkeys on the Homestead
How raising turkeys on our homestead is going so far, and my thoughts to raising them for meat birds.
INFJ Personality and Homesteading Compatibility
Does your lifestyle match your personality type? Myers Briggs INFJ personality and alternative lifestyle choices.
This Side of Providence – Book Review
A book review on one of my favorite reads this October.
Why You Should Be Milling Your Own Flour
Take control over your families nutrition and begin milling your own grain. Why we should be investing in healthy diets for our children and ourselves.
Calendula and Charcoal Sweet Tobacco Soap
A simple to make goat soap face wash for all skin types.
The Sweetest No Sugar Added Applesauce Recipe
No added sugar homemade applesauce recipe, delicious and simple to make.
Amish Flour From Garden Squash
A gluten free alternative to flour for your everyday recipes using the most basic vegetable from the garden, the squash..
Gardener’s Lemon Calendula Soap Recipe
Gardener's Lemon Calendula Soap recipe for the beginner soap maker.
A Homestead Update As Fall Is Upon Us
A homestead update after a bountiful summer!
Why Do We Call Homesteading the Simple Life and Not the Complex Life?
A life of homesteading is anything but simple living, why do we downplay the complexities of a homestead lifestyle?
American Bison Skull Mount
How we processed an American Bison Skull at home.
Dandelion Muffins
Dandelion muffins, a low sugar, breakfast snack from foraged dandelions.
A Season for Cherishing – A Homestead Update
A homestead update, praising a season of blessings leading us further to our goals of self-sufficency.
Favorite Read From February
A brief review of my favorite read from February, by an elegant author Olivia Hawker. Lovers of literary fiction will find this a beautiful read.
Simple Steps to Keeping a Buttermilk Starter on Your Homestead
An easy guide to creating your own buttermilk starter to increase your self-sufficency, and decrease your dependency on the grocery store.
Processing Meat Birds on Our Homestead
A dreaded day on our homestead, here is a glimpse into how we raise heritage chickens for meat on our little farm.
Maintaining a Healthy Chicken Flock with Natural Deworming
Ensure a healthy chicken flock with regular natural deworming.
Why I Am A Homeschool Mom
My personal ramblings on why I am a homeschool mom.
Urban Organic Seed Club
A monthly seed subscription for gardening lovers alike.
How To Harvest Aloe Vera
A simple guide to harvesting your Aloe Vera plant in 6 easy steps for an endless supply of a natural medicinal remedy.
The American Dream
Food for thought on the American Dream.
Are GMOs Poisoning America’s Food Supply?
Why is a majority of America's food supply made up of GMOs, are they good for us, or a dangerous precedent set by scientists not farmers?
The Best Grow Lights for Indoor Plants
The best grow lights for indoor plants. A cost effective way to use supplemental lighting on your homestead, in your home, or in your apartment.
How to Have Farm Fresh Eggs All Winter
A simple natural solution to ensure farm fresh eggs all winter long.
The Soothing and Healing of Nature
Nature has a way of healing the most weariest of souls. Come along and allow yourself to be soothed by the beauty found in nature.
28 Books That Will Keep You Turning The Page
26 Books that will captivate you and keep you turning the pages. Pondering the story long after you've finished reading.
Two Simple Solutions to Fight Seasonal Depression or SAD
A natural approach to ridding yourself of seasonal depression.
Tranquility Found on A Winters Day
There is peace in slowing down, and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us.
Peace in the Rhythm of Simple Living
Finding peace with rhythm and a faith filled existence.
Plastic Free Alternatives
Let's address the health implications from a world surrounded by plastics. Follow along as I share 6.5 of my favorite plastic free alternative items we use regularly on our homestead.