The Chicken Chronicles: The World’s Dumbest Chicken
Entertaining, Yes. Smart, No I know a lot of folks love their chickens and think they’re smarter than we give them credit for. Sure, they’re entertaining creatures and I get… Read more »
Herbal Antibiotics
Grow Your Own Antibiotics If you are imagining someone in a lab coat bent over petri dishes, forget it. I’m talking about everyday plants that you can grow in your… Read more »
5 Color Silver Beet Swiss Chard
Mary’s Heirloom Seeds Earlier this year Mary, from Mary’s Heirloom Seeds, sent me a nice selection of her heirloom seeds to try in my garden and review. I was thrilled… Read more »
Medicinal Herbs from the Wild
5 Easy to Find Medicinal Herbs from the Wild Use Some Common Sense If you are suffering from a serious medical condition, use your common sense, for Pete’s sake,… Read more »
Planting Cherry Trees: North Star and Montmorency Cherry Trees
Cherry Trees I’ve planted fruit trees at every house we’ve owned (we’re on our third). At the last place I planted a North Star Dwarf Cherry Tree. I was impressed… Read more »
Camping in Michigan!
Camping Trip! Our family loves to camp when we go on vacation. We also love to visit our friends in Michigan, Wayne and Vivian! We all got together for a… Read more »
Fresh Strawberry Pie Easy Recipe
This fresh strawberry pie recipe is easy and delicious! No need to bake, use a graham cracker crust for a scrumtious dessert!
Pioneer Cooking
Cooking Like a Pioneer I’ve always enjoyed cooking outside over a campfire. I recently started cooking in a Dutch oven over hot coals for a real pioneer experience. I like… Read more »
Scenes From Our Homestead
What’s growing on your homestead? I shared this post on: The Creative HomeAcre Hop The Barn Hop Wildcrafting Wednesday The HomeAcre Hop
Growing Lamb’s Quarters in My Garden
Why Do I Let Lambs Quarters Grow in My Garden? I’m sure that you are quite shocked that there are weeds, such as lambs quarters, in my garden! Okay, maybe… Read more »
Rhubarb Cake And Rhubarb Sauce
Rhubarb Cake This is actually the same recipe that I bake in loaf pans and call rhubarb bread. Both are yummy and light in texture. 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour… Read more »
Foraging for Burdock and Making Carduni
Foraging for Burdock & Making Carduni Burdock (Arctium lappa) grows wild all over much of North America and it’s a fairly easy plant to identify. (Make sure you take… Read more »
Ducklings
First Day Outside Some of the ducklings went out for the first time the other day. They were very nervous at first, but they soon settled down and seemed… Read more »
Fruit Trees for Self Sufficiency
Why Grow Your Own Fruit Trees? Many people are interested in growing more of their own food to increase self sufficiency. Planting fruit trees on your homestead is a great… Read more »
Spring Beauties
I’m loving all the beautiful spring photo ops around our homestead. I hope you enjoy these pics! I shared this post on: A Favorite Thing The Creative HomeAcre Hop The… Read more »
The Ducklings are Here!
Our ducklings arrived last week and all of them are doing well. They are messy little things! I have them in the same brooder room with the Cornish X broiler… Read more »
Treating a Rooster with an Eye Injury
Treating a Rooster With an Eye Injury My rooster sustained an eye injury that needed treatment. I used a simple homemade remedy to cleanse the eye and speed the healing… Read more »
The Prepper Project – Chicken Breeds
The Best Chicken Breeds for Preppers Very cool announcement – I’m writing articles for The Prepper Project, a website dedicated to helping others prepare for the possibility of economic collapse… Read more »
Plant Herbs for Self Sufficiency
Grow Your Own Herbs Herbs make a wonderful addition to your home garden. But did you know that they can also make you more self sufficient? By growing your own… Read more »
Spring Chores on the Homestead
Taking Care of My Spring Chores The rain has barely given us a break the last couple of weeks, so I’m having trouble getting out in the garden to do… Read more »