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Eight Rod Homestead Welcome to Eight Rod Homestead. Come share our homesteading journey to be more self-sufficient.

Learn how to preserve your harvest, cook from scratch, and build your homesteading skills!

Today is rendering day!! Specifically lard!!! Wanted to have my equipment working for me as I work outside on this beaut...
10/03/2026

Today is rendering day!! Specifically lard!!! Wanted to have my equipment working for me as I work outside on this beautiful day!!! It’s best to grind it if you can, or cut into small pieces to help it render down!! My roaster is on 200 and I will let it go slowly!!! I do not want to crank the heat as it will make the lard not as appetizing as I want it to be! Once completely rendered I will pour into quarts and let cool.. it will go from clear to a snowy white! I will keep one in the fridge and the others frozen until needed!! I know I will get asked how will you use it? I will replace shortening in my recipes with lard, I can season my cast iron with it. Lard has a high smoke point so you can use it to fry chicken, pan sear meats or roast veggies.

Good evening homestead family!!! What an amazing vacation my hubby and I had.. now it’s back to the grind!! Tomorrow I ...
08/20/2026

Good evening homestead family!!! What an amazing vacation my hubby and I had.. now it’s back to the grind!! Tomorrow I will continue my 2026 canning!! What you see is a bushel of canning tomatoes and pretty close to 30ish pounds of peaches!! Guesses on what’s going to be added to my cantry shelves???

08/02/2026

Where are my chicken lovers?? Hannaford has split breast on sale again!! With a little patience, sharp knife, and some time you can have deboned chicken ready for the freezer!!!

07/31/2026

Happy Friday!!! Today I am in the kitchen making a double batch of beans in the instapot! Once cooled portioned out for the freezer. My order from Redmond Agriculture is coming today and I cannot wait to share later!!

Some cool things coming in at the homestead!! Last year I purchased 2 cherry trees from Fedco Seeds tree sale and by gol...
06/18/2026

Some cool things coming in at the homestead!! Last year I purchased 2 cherry trees from Fedco Seeds tree sale and by golly they got some fruit on them year 2!!! I put a 3d printed tulip/wind spinner in my raised bed and was surprised to find this teeny tiny asparagus!! I started this from bare roots from a discount box store!! They looked beyond dead, however 4 weeks later I am seeing some life!!

05/11/2026

Welcome to Eight Rod Homestead.. I am Melissa and I am passionate about preserving food for my family!!! Have questions? Ask!!

05/11/2026

Welcome to my little corner of homestead life.

Here I will be sharing gardening tips, from scratch recipes, canning projects, seasonal inspiration, and everyday moments from the kitchen and garden.

Whether you grow on a sill box, on a deck, small backyard garden or dream of a full homestead, you’re welcome here.

Follow along for:

Gardening tips
Homemade meals
Food preservation
Seasonal projects
Homestead inspiration
DIY ideas

Thank you for stopping by!! Hope to "see" you around!!

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