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 Jessica | Last Updated: May 31, 2018 | Gardening
Rhubarb is one of the many exciting signs of spring, a welcome burst of color in an otherwise barren post winter landscape. Rhubarb is the first edible plant that grows on our farm. As the hardy perennial pushes its way through the soil before the forsythia blooms, my...
by Jessica | Last Updated: May 30, 2018 | Daily Life
This section of the blog is for daily life, rambling confessions and observations about the world we live in. Today mine is a complaint, a whine? It’s 6 am and I was planning on sleeping in a little bit. I was up late last night working on our farmers...
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 Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Gardening, Our Kitchen, Recipes
Garlic is a must in my kitchen and in my garden. Garlic has a very long growing season, about 7 months from planting to summer harvest. That’s a very long investment for one food crop so I want to make sure that my harvest is preserved so it will last the...
