by Jessica | Last Updated: Feb 16, 2020 | Gardening
I love to garden, my life is just plain better when I am playing with dirt. The colors textures and variety of a garden are a balm to my soul. If I was ever going to be an artist then the soil would be my canvas and the plants my medium. Okay, you all have the idea, I...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Chickens, Poultry
My chicken house and chicken yard look like a shanty town. I have a slapped together, constantly tinkered with, completely functional and flexible, eyesore of a chicken shack, which also just happens to be way too close to my house. Now this was not my original plan....
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Chickens, Poultry
Are you interested in homesteading or creating a more sustainable life? You live somewhere with a backyard, no matter how small? Start with chickens, they are the easiest way to provide food, insect control, fertilizer, and entertainment. I started my first flock and...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jan 9, 2019 | Daily Life
I am a modern homesteader which means I am busy juggling family, home, farm, work, and making sure everything is running smoothly. I love working from home and consider myself fortunate for having the ability to do so. The downside of this arrangement is that I...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Life
I moved up to Fairbanks in 2005. In 2006 I got a husky. “Why”, do you ask? Because that’s what you’re supposed to do when you move to Alaska, get a husky. And it’s not very hard to do, almost every dog in Fairbanks has husky in them, and...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading, Poultry, Turkeys
Autumn makes me think of vibrant leaves, warm soups, pumpkins, comfy sweaters, and harvesting the bounty that I have nurtured for the last 6 months. Autumn is harvest season on our homestead. I harvest my garden, fruit trees and because I choose to be an omnivore, I...
