Homestead Matters

Home
United States
Veneta, OR
Homestead Matters

Website

Homestead Matters is a place where simple living, homesteading, and farm life come together.

From raising chickens, quail, and rabbits to growing food and sharing lessons learned along the way, we're here to inspire and encourage your homestead journey.

10/30/2026

🐓🍅🌶️ GALLO ADOBADO: From Coop to Table!

Last week I processed some roosters. Last night. they made their final contribution to the homestead tonight. And honestly, they went out deliciously.

Tonight's dinner was thrown together with:

🐓 Home-raised, home-processed rooster thighs and legs
🧅 Home-dehydrated onions
🍅 Home-dehydrated tomatoes
🌶️ Home-dehydrated peppers
🍅 Home-canned tomatoes
🌶️ Chipotle adobado for that smoky kick

Everything went into the Instant Pot, and dinner practically made itself.

Served over rice, with that gorgeous smoky tomato sauce soaking into every bite.

The only thing I didn't produce or preserve myself was the chipotle adobado.

No fancy grocery haul. No complicated recipe. Just a pantry full of things I've spent the year growing, raising, harvesting, processing, and preserving.

And THIS is the payoff.

We spend countless hours putting food away, filling jars, running dehydrators, raising animals, and making a ridiculous amount of work for ourselves.

But then a night like this comes along, and you can turn your own hard work into a meal without starting from scratch.

Gallo Adobado.

From the coop, through the pantry, straight to the dinner table.

Tiny Birds. Big Benefits. Big Chickens. Bigger Dinner. 🤣

10/29/2026

Anyone local looking for a Nurture Right 360, capacity of 22 chicken eggs or 54 quail eggs. We bought it new for $180, used it twice for hatching quail, before we bought a bigger incubator. Happy to include the quail rail too! Asking here before putting it up the local for sale sites.
$100 for incubator and rails. Open to barter for other small Homestead items too!

10/29/2026

LOOK AT THOSE LAYERS!
That first picture is my sourdough dough mid-stretch-and-fold, showing off all those beautiful layers before proofing even started. The second? Three golden loaves made with nothing but flour, water, salt, and sourdough starter.

No butter. No fancy ingredients. No croissant tricks. Just gluten development, fermentation, and a little patience.

Sometimes the coolest part of making bread is seeing the science happen right in your hands. And then getting to eat the results!

10/26/2026

Latham Reds are my favorite raspberry variety! They start flowering in may and produce berries throughout the summer and fall. The flavor is slightly tart, sweet, and mild floral perfume under note, can grow to a solid gumball size, and reproduce impressively. What are your favorite varieties of berries?!

10/23/2026

World's worst jigsaw puzzle

10/16/2026

Some of our community are recovering after Hurricane Isaías destroyed their homes and properties. Some of the nicest folks you'll ever meet. If you want to participate, dozens of amazing breeders, crafters, and skilled folks are offering the best of the best! Go bid to win some cool stuff, and help out a few amazing people! I'm eyeing that quail tic tac toe personally!

10/14/2026

Quail eggs in abundance for all your culinary and baking needs and wants. Message if you'd like some! $5 per 18 pack. Buy 4 get the 5th free!
Local to Eugene, OR only. No shipping available.

10/13/2026

Thanks to some friends, we acquired some lovely hot peppers and drlves into fermented pepper sauce. Update to follow. This smells amazing already
Peppers, onions, garlic, salt

10/13/2026

Who has the coolest etched foam topper I've ever seen?! Manna & Quail Homestead
Not only was every egg in pristine condition (prime selection for shape and quality!) but the little 3D printed duck was the littles' second favorite part, behind the egg foam themselves. Ashley and Terry, y'all outdid yourselves! Can't wait to hatch these babies!!

10/01/2026

Sometimes dinner is just a set of plugs!
Chipotle Chicken legs (from our own birds) and jasmine rice.
Picking onions now to balance!

Address

Veneta, OR
97487

Website

http://homesteadmatters.net/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Homestead Matters posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.