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How We Keep Our Rabbits Cool in the Summer

June 20, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

We often are asked how rabbits do in South Dakota winters, but it’s really the summer where rabbits appreciate some extra care: they just don’t love the heat and you can tell! Here’s what we do to keep our meat rabbits comfortable when the forecast calls for days of 100+ temps: Shade Providing rabbits with […]

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Our Experience Eliminating Canada Thistle

June 19, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

Recently a customer called asking about extra-strength vinegar to use a weed killer on Canada thistle. While extra-strength vinegar can work as a weed killer, we can’t make any promises as to its effectiveness on Canada thistle. We’ve fought it ourselves in the past and know how tough it is! With some work, we were […]

Filed Under: Gardening

We Butchered Two Goats: Here’s How Much Meat We Got

May 29, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

When a friend was ready to decrease the size of her goat herd, we jumped at the opportunity to buy two of them for meat. We’d previously butchered two goats and while a nice beef steak is nice, goat has proved to be an economical way to get grass-fed meat in our freezer.

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Our Family’s Buttermilk Pancake Recipe

April 24, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

This recipe works wonderfully with freshly-milled soft white wheat, spelt, or a combination of the two. These whole grains give fantastic flavor while still being light and fluffy. It also works nicely with 50% all-purpose and 50% hard red white (which is the kind you know as “whole wheat flour” in the grocery store. If […]

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The Inside Scoop on Harvey’s (Video Interview & Tour)

April 9, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

A local homesteader and Harvey’s customer, Lisa at Yogi Hollow Farm, did a great video interview and tour of our store this week. Give her a follow on Youtube or Instagram – they’re doing a ton of stuff on just two acres, including pigs! Here’s a link to her video:

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You Can Now Drop Off UPS Packages at Harvey’s in Hot Springs

March 8, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

At least a few times every month in local Facebook groups, someone asks “Where’s a UPS dropoff location in Hot Springs?” Or, some of us have watched out the front window all day to watch for the UPS guy to appear so that we can give him a package to ship. Now there’s a new […]

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We Now Carry Fromm Family Pet Foods

March 7, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

We are excited to announce that we now carry the Fromm Family Pet Food line at Harvey’s Homestead Supply in Hot Springs, South Dakota! (Click here for location info.) While we are primarily focused on small livestock feed, it has quickly become evident that many of our customers also have pets and care as much […]

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Can’t Get Chicks? Hatch Your Own!

March 3, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

I have childhood memories of rotating eggs in my best friend’s family’s homemade incubation setup. While I thought it was fun as a kid, it seems like a lot of hassle now! The technology has come a long way and there are now options for home incubation that are nearly completely hands-off. With the way […]

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The Right Tool for the Job

February 28, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

Here’s a quick summary of when and where you’ll want to use the various Corona Tools available in-store at Harvey’s Homestead Supply. Shovels Hoes Rakes Forks

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Raising Chicks: Our Quick Start Guide

February 18, 2025 by Carrie Isaac

First time raising chicks?  We’d suggest purchasing a copy of Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks by Gail Damerow (available at Harvey’s) for a more thorough treatment, but here’s a quick summary of what you need to know and buy to get started today! We have all of the products mentioned below available in-store at […]

Filed Under: Husbandry Tagged With: chickens, chicks

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