A homesteader's shop · Louisiana
Raised by hand in Louisiana.
A small homestead and a carefully kept shop: the gear worth owning for the coop, the garden and the kitchen, chosen with care and labeled honestly.
Photo: Francesco Tosoni, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stock photo, not our homestead
- Only gear we've used or researched
- Paid links always marked
- No pop-ups, ever
Now on the homestead
What's happening this season
Quail
The quail housing is coming together while we wait for our very first birds. The quail setup Chickens & the Bresse line
Chickens come next, and we hope the American Bresse will one day be the heart of the flock, grown slowly, one hatch at a time. Chickens & Bresse
The Pantry
A little dream of muscadine jellies and jams from our own kitchen. It's resting on the back shelf for now. A peek at the PantryPhotos on this site are licensed stock images, not our birds or our place. Photo credits
The Shop
Everything a homestead needs, chosen with care
19 categories in four sections, from the coop to the pantry shelf. Each shelf fills slowly, with gear we've used ourselves or researched with sources we can show you.
Paid links, always marked. How that works
How we pick gear
Two labels. No guesswork.
A shelf with a few honest picks beats a shelf full of guesses. Every pick in the Shop wears one of two badges, so you always know where a recommendation comes from.
Read how we choose Used here
We own it and use it on the homestead. We'll share what we paid, how long we've used it, and what we'd change.
Researched
We haven't used it ourselves, so we say so plainly and link the sources that convinced us.
Made by us
Anything we make ourselves will be labeled as ours, so the relationship is always clear.
From the Journal
Notes from the homestead
Welcome to Muscadine & Magnolia
What this little corner of the internet is for: a homesteader's shop of gear we can stand behind, quail first, then chickens, and honest notes along the way.
Read the post: Welcome to Muscadine & Magnolia
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How we pick gear: Used here, Researched, and paid links
The two labels on every pick in our Shop, what they mean, and how paid links are marked, so you always know where a recommendation comes from.
Read the post: How we pick gear: Used here, Researched, and paid links
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stock photo, not our homestead
The Pantry · Someday
Muscadine jellies & jams
The South's own grape, put up by hand. It's a dream we're keeping for another season, and we'll share it here if and when the time is right.
Visit the Pantry