Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

๐Ÿ‘ Join Mike & Karen on their Homesteading Journey!
๐Ÿท See Cows, pigs, sheep, chickens & more animals!
๐Ÿฅฉ Traditional cooking tips
Welcome to Ozark Homesteading Chronicles! Share in our journey toward a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. We're dedicated to helping anyone passionate about sustainable living, traditional cooking, food preservation, dairy products, livestock, farming, gardening, home butchering, self-defense & more.

We aim to inspire & empower our viewers to make small but impactful changes in their lives, leading to happier, healthier, & safer lifestyles. Through our videos, you'll learn essential homesteading skills, from day-to-day tasks to large projects like building off-grid solar systems and installing a cold room for aging cheese or hanging meat. We'll feature plenty of adorable animal moments as Karen showcases how to raise happy, healthy livestock. We'll share our ups, downs, successes, failures, & everything in between to help everyone learn from our experiences.



Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

Moo-ving Day!!!
Itโ€™s moving day and the herd has one thing on their minds: that fresh green grass along the way. Thankfully, I've got Mike's help to keep all of us crazy ladies in line!

6 months ago | [YT] | 0

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

๐Ÿ“Rush Hour on the Homestead! ๐Ÿ“
We've got a traffic jam of feathers & clucks in the nesting boxes as everyone tries to lay their eggs at once. I'll take this kind of morning rush hour over any city life!

7 months ago | [YT] | 6

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

Spring time is such an lovely time of year with the wild flowers in bloom, the smell of honeysuckle throughout the pasture and watching the baby animals play. When I feed the animals I walk slower to enjoy these little moments.

8 months ago | [YT] | 4

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

I love how Buttercup is so gentle with the lambs. Who needs a guardian dog when we got a guardian cow! Here's a few fun photos I captured this week of the lambs, sheep & this hen who wanted to perch on me while I was sitting on a bucket.

8 months ago | [YT] | 8

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

We just wrapped up butchering the last of our 9 pigs and it feels good to have the freezers full! This batch gave us beautiful fat for rendering, rich meat for smoking, and plenty of goodness for the months ahead. Grateful for the harvest and all it provides! ๐Ÿท

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

The lamb snuggle squad is strong over here with six lambs on the ground and another ten or so expected soon ๐Ÿ˜

These little ones are already soaking up the sunshine, finding their favorite shady nap spots, and melting Karenโ€™s heart daily

Stay tuned because lamb season is just getting started at Ozark Homesteading Chronicles ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’•

#LambWatch2025 #Homesteading #OzarkHomesteadingChronicles

9 months ago | [YT] | 4

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

๐Ÿ‘ First Lamb of the Season! ๐Ÿ‘

Our lambing season has officially begun! ๐ŸŽ‰ This little one is our first lamb of the year, and we couldnโ€™t be more excited. Mama is doing great, and this spunky little baby is already exploring.

But this is just the beginningโ€ฆ weโ€™ve got many more on the way, so get ready for an overload of adorable lamb footage! ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ Stay tuned for all the cuteness coming soon!

#LambingSeason #HomesteadLife #OzarkHomesteading #SpringOnTheFarm

9 months ago | [YT] | 5

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

๐Ÿฅ“ Better Late Than Never โ€“ Beef Bacon Follow Up! ๐Ÿฅ“

Life got busy but we didnโ€™t forget about the beef bacon! ๐Ÿ”ฅ A week ago we pulled these beauties off the smoker and let me tell yโ€™all it was worth the wait. Smoky and packed with flavor!

After cooling it for a day the bacon sliced up nicely and just look at that marbling. ๐Ÿ˜

Are you ready to try making your own? Let us know in the comments! ๐Ÿ‘‡

#BeefBacon #HomemadeBacon #SmokedMeat #DIYBacon

9 months ago | [YT] | 1

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

๐Ÿ”ฅ Beef Bacon in the Smoker! ๐Ÿ”ฅ



Weโ€™re making beef bacon today, and it just hit the smoker! ๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿ„ If youโ€™ve never had beef bacon before, youโ€™re missing out! Think smoky, crispy, and packed with rich flavor. We hope this batch finalized the recipe.



Stay tuned for the final results tonight. Who else has tried beef bacon? Let us know in the comments! ๐Ÿ‘‡



#BeefBacon #HomemadeBacon #SmokedMeat #DIYBacon

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Ozark Homesteading Chronicles

๐Ÿถ Daisy & Mouse are my best helpers when it comes to planting seeds and getting the garden ready! Whether it's supervising or just keeping me company, these two are always by my side. Who else has furry farmhands lending a paw in the garden? ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒพ

10 months ago | [YT] | 3