When is the last time you thought about how much you consume and how much waste you create? Read this!
Farm Life
Chicken Keeping for Beginners
Raising backyard chickens for beginners. Yes, you should!
Why You Should Grow Food
How precarious is our food supply chain? Should you learn to garden?
Veggie Garden Planning
Are you ready for gardening season? Better get to plannin'!
Processing Chickens 101
Wondering about processing your own chicken? Here's the low-down on how and why.
Overwintering Your Garden Checklist
It's time to overwinter your garden. Here's a checklist!
How To Create Long-Term Goals
On a homestead, there are so many things to do, one can easily get lost in the weeds. Imagine how you want your life to look when it's all done! Now, let's create a roadmap to get there. Long-term goals are easy to create, but they are "long-term" so they require two things - time … Continue reading How To Create Long-Term Goals
Who’s in Charge Around Here Anyway?
Is your life taking over your life? Do you crave something simpler? Something that includes dirt roads & homemade blackberry jam? County fairs & small-town ice cream shops? Do you imagine fat hens pecking around your porch, juicy red tomatoes growing in your garden, harvesting your very own watermelon? Are you wondering where to start? … Continue reading Who’s in Charge Around Here Anyway?
How could one little barn make me so happy?
We bought our property in July of 2019. It was quite a disaster, but we knew what we were looking for and knew what we could do with it. After all, we had been searching for nine years for our perfect slice of heaven. Land. check. Livable house. check. Pond. check. Barn. check, kind of... … Continue reading How could one little barn make me so happy?
Heard it Through the Grapevine: Wine, Jelly, and More
Wouldn't it be wonderful to grow your own grapes? Make delicious jelly? Healthy grape juice? FREE wine? The answer is YES! We ordered bare-root seedless Concord grapes and planted as soon as the ground would allow. Here in TN, that was January. We soaked them for a few hours, measured out a straight-ish line, and … Continue reading Heard it Through the Grapevine: Wine, Jelly, and More
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