by April | Last Updated: Jun 20, 2018 | Daily Life
June in Fairbanks is a juxtaposition of sensations. On one hand, it is warm, sunny, green, light, growing, alive with birds, animals, life, all the things you missed during a winter in Fairbanks that lasted almost 7 months. On the other hand, it is prime mosquito...
by April | Last Updated: Jun 13, 2018 | Daily Life
I’ve lived in my current house for almost 6 years now. From the ages of 17- 31, before we bought our current homestead, I moved 23 times for work, school, and jobs. Twenty-three times! And that’s just what I remember. That’s essentially moving every...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
Growing a garden in Fairbanks is challenging at best with a very short growing season of just 60 days guaranteed frost free. The silver lining of growing this far north is the 24 hours of sun for two months. I do not possess the natural green thumb of my sister...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Poultry, Turkeys
There is a huge amount of information about raising chickens and chicks, and so very little about raising turkeys from poults. Any information you do find is almost guaranteed to be about raising commercial breeds like the Broad-Breasted White, in a commercial...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Life, DIY Homesteading
When was the last time you donated to Goodwill or another charitable donation site? Did you see the piles of donated items? Brand new Items, some with tags, some in the packaging. I always think why? Why are things so disposable? Don’t we work for 40+ hours a...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Poultry, Turkeys
Turkeys, in my opinion, are some of the easiest animals to raise and overwinter, although I’m not going to claim they are the smartest animals. I’ve owned Broad-breasted Whites, Narragansett, Bourbon Reds, and some mixed heritage breeds, in varying degrees...
