On our Own Homestead

10/20/2026

This is how we round up our Turkeys for their Coop at night 🌙

10/20/2026

Beautiful Homestead morning ❤️

10/19/2026

Sugar Cane season is back for us now at https://www.onourownhomestead.com/seasonal-and-limited

10/17/2026

I actually confirmed that this is accurate.... they just can't stop trying to poison us all! Savor announced a self-affirmed GRAS determination in 2025. That means the company concluded its product was generally recognized as safe for its intended uses. It is not the same as FDA approval. Savor isn't stopping at butter. Its technology is also being developed to produce alternatives to palm oil, cocoa butter, beef tallow and other fats. That means the potential implications extend well beyond dairy products.... Just NO!

A “revolutionary” and highly debated shift in food technology has officially reached American bakeries as Savor, a California-based startup backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, rolls out a lab-created butter made directly from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. By utilizing a cutting-edge thermochemical process that chemically synthesizes fat molecules to mirror traditional dairy, the company produces a “sustainable alternative” that completely eliminates the need for cows, plants, or agricultural land. Strikingly, this “butter made from air” has bypassed the standard pre-market Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process. Savor achieved this by utilizing the legal framework known as self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe), which allows independent panels of qualified experts to establish an ingredient’s safety without waiting for a formal federal review. While pioneering establishments like San Francisco’s Michelin-starred One65 and Jane the Bakery are already incorporating the product into their “upscale” pastries, the quiet commercial launch has sparked immense political and consumer backlash.

🚩Check out the comments section for the concerns surrounding lab created butter 🫠

📸Image Rights (butter): ESG News
📸Image Rights (Bill Gates): Forbes

10/15/2026

Have you met the winged bean? This under-appreciated tropical plant gives you five edible parts (pods, leaves, flowers, seeds and roots), is packed with protein, and loves warm climates. Read why it might be the next must-grow for homesteads and backyard gardeners: https://wix.to/kRetn7G

10/05/2026

New Tea Blends - available now!

10/05/2026

Available now on our Website: Mullein Hollow - a Respiratory Blend
Now ALSO available Eventide Garden - a Sleep Blend!

(We ship all over the US or you can also pick up on our Property here in Flagler Estates. If you opt to do that please choose "Pick Up" on Checkout so that you don't get charged for shipping.)

https://www.onourownhomestead.com/product-page/mullein-hollow-cough-and-respiratory-blend and https://www.onourownhomestead.com/product-page/eventide-garden-herbal-tea-blend

09/28/2026

We’ve been working on something new here at On Our Own Homestead, and we’re finally ready to share it!

Over the past several weeks, we’ve been blending, experimenting, taste testing, and finding new ways to use some of the herbs, fruits, and botanicals we grow right here on our homestead.

The result is four new products that we’re really excited about: Second Spring, Moringa Sunshine, Hearth & Harvest, and our Elderberry Hearth DIY Elderberry Syrup Kit.

Each one is a little different, but they all reflect what we love about homesteading: growing what we can, making things ourselves and finding useful and delicious ways to enjoy what we harvest :)

We wrote a new blog post introducing all four, sharing what’s in them, how they came together, and a little more about why we decided to start creating our own herbal blends.

We’d love for you to give it a read and let us know which one you’d like to try first!

https://www.onourownhomestead.com/post/something-new-is-brewing-on-the-homestead

Please enjoy ❤

09/17/2026

UPDATE on Trump’s “PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD” announcement

USDA just announced a $50 million program to help states create or expand their own meat inspection programs. That could mean more processing options for small farmers and ranchers.

But there’s an important distinction.
Federally inspected meat can generally be sold across state lines.

State-inspected meat can generally be sold within that state. Qualifying small state-inspected processors can sell interstate if they participate in USDA’s Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) program.

Custom-exempt meat is different. It’s still generally marked “NOT FOR SALE.” This announcement does NOT mean farmers can butcher a steer themselves or take it to a custom processor and then sell the packaged beef.

So yes, this could expand access to inspected processing, which is good news for small producers.

But we’re still waiting on the bigger question: Will the law actually change to allow commercial sales of custom-exempt meat?

That’s where Massie’s PRIME Act could become very important...

09/14/2026

If you have Bidens alba growing all over your property like we do, don’t be so quick to yank it all out. 😂

Turns out... it’s basically free chicken snacks.

Chickens can pick at the tender leaves, flowers and seeds, and the plants also create a great little hunting ground for bugs. But what makes Bidens alba even more interesting is that it’s a genuinely useful forage plant. The greens contain nutrients and plant compounds, and letting chickens browse a variety of safe plants gives them something commercial feed alone doesn’t provide: the ability to choose, peck, scratch and forage naturally.

And there’s another reason we leave plenty of it growing. Those little white flowers are constantly covered in bees, butterflies and other pollinators. So one plant can help feed the chickens, provide habitat and food for insects, and support the pollinators around the garden.

Considering Bidens alba grows here like it has absolutely no intention of ever leaving, we might as well put it to work. 😂

Sometimes the weeds are useful. Sometimes they’re chicken food. Sometimes they’re both....