It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m sure y’all have been wondering what I’ve been up to. Truth of the matter is, I spent 3/4 of last week sick, which put a bit of a damper on the gardening plans. We’ve made up for it this week in a big way though! It’s been a […]
Best Ever Whipped Honey Butter
This week’s post promises to be short and sweet-no pun intended! A family member will be getting married this week and the rest of the family members are all helping out. The ceremony is scheduled to start at nine and conclude around 10. Afterwards, the lovely couple is planning a brunch themed reception. One of […]
Moving an Old Repurposed Trailer When You’re Flat Broke
This past weekend we moved our new storage shed to our property. It was originally an old cargo trailer that was repurposed into a shed. It had been sitting vacant on a relatives place and needed to be cleared off the property. We knew it was going to take a little work, but since we […]
5 Reasons to Switch to a French Press
Years ago we had an automatic coffee maker. And it was easy, just put a coffee filter in, add ground coffee, put your water in the tank then press start. Heck, we could even set a timer on the thing. It worked well for us through several moves, but during our last move, we buried […]
Hearty Country Style Breakfast Burritos
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day right? Which is great, because it’s also my family’s favorite meal of the day. In fact, we love it so much that we usually have breakfast for dinner at least one meal a week. This week our breakfast dinner was breakfast burritos. Burritos of […]
10 Tips For Planning Your First Garden
We’re moving our garden. . . again. Since we purchased our home, this will be the 3rd time we’ve moved it. It’s not like we enjoy moving the darn thing around, it’s just that someone has poor planning skills. We probably should have moved it last fall. You know, when normal people move their garden. […]
Toddler Easter Basket Ideas
Easter is such a fun time for kids of all ages. From Easter egg hunts and cool baskets, to playing with baby animals and yummy dinners, by the end of the day it’s no wonder they’re worn out! The Easter bunny will be coming to our house soon and I want to make sure Little […]
Starting Seeds With a Toddler
This is an exciting year in our garden! It will be our first serious attempt at gardening since Little Miss was born. I know that she’ll be too young to remember much but I truly feel that getting ’em started young is the key to instilling a life long love of gardening and homegrown food. […]
7 Spring Chores on the Homestead
It’s been an odd year. The winter weather that we were supposed to get in January and February never came. Now it’s March, and I’ve yet to see a storm that leaves any decent amount a precipitation. We welcomed in March with a HUGE windstorm (seriously – I think all the beautiful topsoil in my […]
5 Reasons I Don’t Heat my Chicken Coop
To heat or not to heat. That is the question. Okay so maybe it’s not THE question, but it’s one of many that you may have when it comes to chicken raising. I bought our own first 6 chickens over 5 years ago now and in that time I’ve read a lot of conflicting information […]