From Scratch The Holiday Gift Guide
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As a family business, Scratch and Peck Feeds are happy to be helping backyard chicken farmers, and other home livestock producers, to make honest and true choices about where their food comes from. Raising your own chickens for organic, nongmo eggs and meat gives you a direct connection to your food that is profound and fun. Feeding your livestock Organic, GMO-free foods supports the healthy lifestyle that more and more families are working towards.
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Merry C It’s time for the Holidays! And it’s time to start writing up those wish lists. Every year, if you aren’t careful, the holiday season will be yet another chance to continue in the endless expression of consumption. That’s why we make the From Scratch gift guide every year. Each year, we seek out the best companies and small businesses from 6 • from scratch magazine
Christmas all over the country in an effort to bring you products from manufacturers, crafters and businesses you can trust. From toys, to seeds, from handicrafts to tools, there’s something for everyone. By purchasing from the products listed in our gift guide, you can know you’re buying good, wholesome products from good, wholesome people that share the same values you have: Love of family, hard work and craftsmanship. Happy Holidays from all of us at From Scratch magazine!
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Everything you need to start your own
Dairy
Stainless Steel Pail Milkplan Chillers / Holding Tanks
Cream Separator
Butter Churn
Stainless Steel Pasteurizer
Jaybee Precision produces products that are perfect for your farm based business. If you have a larger dairy you can go big by buying a machine that can handle 30 gallons of milk or juice, or you can purchase a four gallon machine perfect for small farmsteads. That doesn’t include the other products: Cream separators, butter churns, chillers -- even buckets. All
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Hand Butter Churn
of these products are high quality and built to last. Vat Pasteurizer allows any size farm to produce dairy products up to the USDA specifications, which means every farmer or homesteader can compete in just about every market. Buying products from this company is an investment in the future of your dairy, creamery or farm related business.
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JayBee Precision 3A Approved for Sale In Any State!
“THE VAT ” ™
Pasteurizing And Cheese Processing System
Pasteurize, Heat and Ferment “The VAT™” is a pasteurizer and cheese vat built in the U.S.A. available in 7-15 or 17-30 gallon sizes. FREE Instructional Video Available! For a complete description and more pictures of these great units please visit us at:
www.TheVATPasteurizer.com Northwestern Tools, Inc. JayBee Precision Inc. 3130 Valleywood Dr. Dayton, Ohio 45429 Phone: 1-800-236-3956 Fax: 937-298-3715 U.S.A. Picture Shown With Optional GFCI
Partnering to increase customer value, service & quality.
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visit www.theherbalhomestead.com to attend the Herbal Homestead University a free essential oil/herbal education
The Herbal Homestead Natural Solutions for your Body, Mind and Spirit.
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Buy something Fancy for your Farm Windy Willow Homestead is proud to say that it is a Veteran and Woman owned and operated business.
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HAPPY HEN TREATS Watch your chickens dance and peck in a frenzy for these 100% natural whole-dried mealworms! Contains natural dried mealworms that chickens absolutely love to eat.
Happy Hen Treats Premium Treats for Chickens Visit us online to find a dealer near you!
HappyHenTreats.com
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We are passionate about minimal footwear for healthy development of bones, muscles and balance. All of our products are handcrafted to order.
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Permaculture Playing Cards
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Everything You Need for Your Homestead • Cultures and Supplies for Cheese Making • Canning Supplies • Butter & Yogurt Making • Dairy Milking • Livestock Care
Encouraging self sufficient, self sustainable living and homesteading of all varieties... family farm, urban homestead, country homestead, or even in NYC! Environmentally friendly products, U.S.A. made and manufactured whenever possible. PO Box 6399 • Sparta, TN 38583 • (928) 583-0254 26 • from scratch magazine
Hard Cheese Making Kit
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The original Ultimate Cheese Press made from Hard Maple wood sourced right here in the USA. Now you can obtain the best Cheese Press available on the market today, and make your own hard cheeses! Plenty in stock, ready to ship immediately! All Natural! Wood preserved with 100% Organic, Non-GMO, ColdPressed Coconut Oil! Use a product actually designed specifically for hard cheesemaking, and taking advantage of the natural anti-bacterial properties of real wood and natural Coconut Oil! Get your Ultimate Cheese Press now while it's on sale!
Now you can mold and press out a 1 pound block of butter with this hand-made Butter Mold! Hold the press half way and make a half pound block of butter! Designed and manufactured by Homesteader’s Supply right here in the USA! And, it includes a free culture that turns you butter into a flavorful and healthy product full of beneficial lacto-bateria just like healthy yogurt. from scratch magazine •
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Needle felting tapestry kits -- Chose from this rooster tapestry or sheep tapestry from Halcyon Yarn. Includes everything you need to get started, even instructions!
Beige Sheep Tape Measure
Heavy duty wooden ball winder
Sheep needle felting kit
Ocean Green Stoneware Yarn Bowl
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We supply a broad selection of premium quality vegetable seed, herb seed, flower seed, bulbs & tubers, and cover crop varieties that have survived the test of time based on their dependability, usefulness and distinctive characteristics. The seeds we source come from our network of skilled regional growers and independently-owned North American seed producers.
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Click Here to Order Your Copy! You don’t have to have a degree in chemistry to create your own natural dyes. It just takes a garden plot and a kitchen.
Many of these plants may already be in our cutting, cottage or food gardens, ready for double duty.
A Garden to Dye For shows how super-simple it is to plant and grow a dyer’s garden and create beautiful dyes.
This is the book that bridges the topic of plant dyes to mainstream gardeners, the folks who enjoy growing the plants as much as using them in craft projects.
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