CategoriesUncategorizedI have never had a lot of friends. Growing up homeschooled I only a few close friends, and I was completely satisfy with that. Into early adulthood, I was never the “social butterfly”. I had a few friends from work, or neighborhood acquaintances, but never any homestead friends. Now that we have moved out to […]
CategorieslivestockThis year we have added quail to our livestock resume. It was originally intended to populate our aviary. But after talking to a local breeder and finding out that they are not as cold hearty as the ringneck pheasant, we decided on putting them in a movable “tractor” of sorts that we could pull around […]
Categoriestraditional homesteadTHIS POST IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN AS ADVICE.THESE ARE TRUE STORIES. I have worked all day in the garden growing beautiful organic produce only to come in and feed my kids cereal for dinner. I have been snooty about chemical bug spray… and used a can […]
CategoriesgardeningWhen you plant use string. I am HORRIBLE at making straight lines of seeds. Using string tied to two stakes for your rows insures even spacing and beautiful results for seeds or pre-potted plants. Weed your garden in the morning on a day that it is not going to rain. The morning means not to […]
CategoriesParent traditional homesteadMommy! Daddy! Come quick! These are the words that I hear from my littles a few hundred times a day. Nearly every scrape is an emergency and every drawing must be viewed AT ONCE or it may disappear altogether. So -sigh- I will go look at another “emergency”. My husband walked out with me to […]
CategoriesgardeningWhen I started gardening six years ago, I didn’t know much. Thats an exaggeration, I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know how to bury potatoes over and over to get the best crop, or how to trim tomato plants to yield a sweeter harvest. Fast forward to now that I am a little older and […]
CategoriesUncategorizedSo as we all know, gardening is a hurry up and wait game. Hurry get your seeds in, wait forever until harvest. But now, as I am trying of making money on the homestead, have realized that people buy time. A seed packet that costs $3 and contains 25 seeds will equal 25 large plants that sell […]
