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Even on a small hobby farm such as ours, harvest time means crazy time. We spend lots and lots of time picking and preserving the fruits and veggies we’ve grown, cleaning up the garden to get it ready for next year, and preparing for the cold winters our northern state experiences. It’ll be two years on October 1st since Read more
When we share, either on the blog or in person, why we believe it’s so important to grow and preserve your own food, we get a mixed bag of reactions. Some react with awe and wonder, quizzing us on what it’s like and what’s involved. Others think it’s cool but not important. And still others think we’re crazy. While that may well be the case 🙂 , I’m here to share why we think it’s so very important to learn how to grow and preserve your own food. Read more
The more I learn about canning and preserving, the more I realize I know very little about canning, preserving and cooking in general. I’ve always considered myself a pro in the kitchen. I love to cook, and, at the risk of sounding arrogant, 🙂 I’m AWESOME at comfort food meals like Thanksgiving dinners and meat and potatoes stuff.
The other day, however, Read more
We did it!!! We planted potatoes this year for the first time, and actually got a small harvest!!! Now, it wasn’t the harvest I was hoping for, but aren’t they beautiful? Growing potatoes was odd. Read more
Well, raspberry blueberry jam, technically. You see, along with several raspberry bushes, 4 apple trees and a pear tree, Read more
Hey friends! Time for my Saturday morning ramble session again. I’m feeling the need again to emphasize the amazing amount of work it takes to homestead. By homestead, I mean Read more
It’s here!!! Our first batch of veggies to be frozen – yay!!! This is my third year of freezing our veggies, and I’m finally starting to feel pretty comfy with it now. Today I’m going to show you how to freeze green beans. Read more
Hey, friends! Here’s the latest post from our sister site, Back Yard Chicken Guide:
Over the past two years I spent a lot of time cleaning my backyard chicken eggs, which has been extremely frustrating and time consuming. Read More…
Here’s our newest article over at one of our sister sites, Backyard Chicken Guide, a great tip on sustainability and saving money.
How to Provide Free Food for Your Chickens
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There’s much debate in Internet land about whether or not organic food is really that much different or better than it’s mainstream counterpart. One search of the web and you’ll find a myriad of stories, studies and articles, both about why organic food is so much better, and also about how pesticides don’t really hurt you much at all.
I first started my study on diet vs. health in the year 2001. When I had Maddie near the end of 1999, it was a dangerous and traumatic birth, and both of us nearly died. Read more
