If you have never tried growing potatoes before, you really should consider giving it a try. They are easy to grow and provide a considerable harvest with just a few seed potatoes. Harvesting can feel a bit like digging for buried treasure. It’s really quite fun and a wonderful garden task to get children involved…
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Growing Your Own Carrots
Carrots can be an intimidating vegetable to grow and many home gardeners avoid them. They really aren’t very difficult to grow at all. It is actually quite fun to pull a fresh carrot out of the garden. Growing your own carrots is worth trying and once you do, you will be hooked. Directing seeding is…
Using Wood Chips On The Homestead
Most of us are always happy to find a free resource that can help us on the homestead. Wood chips are often available for free at your local waste facility or by calling a local tree trimming service. There are many benefits with using wood chips for managing animals and different areas around your farm….
Calf Sharing: When and How
So much of homesteading is about doing what feels right for you and your situation. Sometimes it can be hard to know what to do. When it comes down to making a decision, you have to decide what is safest for you and the animal. For my situation, calf sharing made the most sense. Both…
Food Storage Tips For Your Home
There are many practical reasons to create a food storage supply for a month or more. A food storage supply will help you save money and hold off on grocery shopping when an unexpected bill arrives. Think of it as food insurance against unforeseen financial hardship. Though it can seem overwhelming, it doesn’t need to…
Growing Peas: How and When to Plant
Peas are one of the first vegetables we can start growing in the garden from seed. In zone 7, they can be planted in February and mark the beginning of the Spring gardening season. Growing peas is fairly simple, but there are a few things you can do for a better harvest. There are three…
Homestead Kitchen Essentials For Cooking
Stocking your kitchen with durable, quality homestead kitchen essentials, will allow you to prepare from scratch meals for your family. Start with purchasing items you don’t already own and then replace lesser quality items as they break. Many of these items can be purchased secondhand. This will be an investment that you will benefit from…
Beginner Chicken Breeds For Your Backyard
Having chickens can be such a rewarding experience. Not only will you enjoy fresh eggs every morning but also learning their personalities and watching them scratch for bugs. With so many breeds to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which one will work best for you. Here is a list of chicken breeds…
Natural Laundry Detergent: Affordable and Eco-Friendly
Even if you have tried homemade laundry detergents before and failed, I urge you to try this one. Have you dealt with towels that don’t seem to absorb, white build up on your clothes, or maybe your clothes just didn’t smell clean. Well you won’t have those issues now with this natural laundry detergent recipe….
How to Shop on Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace is an awesome way to find a great deal. There are some down sides to it. Driving to a total stranger’s house to buy their stuff or worse, driving there and realize it’s not what you want. Let’s not forget the scammers, they are everywhere. Proportions can be another big problem when buying…