Fresh eggs: Common practices for your newly laying hens
You got your first homegrown, fresh egg! Nothing quite beats the satisfaction and excitement of finding the first eggs from a newly laying hen. My hens have just started laying and it has been a learning experience. I have done a lot of research on wat needs to be...
The Best Homesteading and Gardening Podcasts for Self-Sufficiency
One of the first steps to starting a homestead is conducting a LOT of research. When we really started entertaining the idea of becoming more self-sufficient, I read many articles, watched lots of videos, and listened to many podcasts. What I love about...
2 Homemade Toilet Cleaners that Really Work
When it comes to cleaning the house with little kids, being able to whip together a cleaner in just a few seconds is a lifesaver. I have been looking for any way to eliminate toxic cleaners and use more natural ingredients. A homemade toilet cleaner was at the top...
How to Make Vintage Dried Orange Slices
Can you relate? I tend to swoon for anything vintage or traditional especially when it comes to decorating for the holidays. Have you ever seen those beautiful dried orange slices that are typically found during the holidays? They are often associated with vintage,...
Freezing Fresh Herbs
Growing herbs is an easy way to get started with gardening and is often one of the easiest types of plants to grow. Herbs can grow fast and if you are not using them frequently, they may go to waste. Freezing frozen herbs is a quick and easy preservation method....
Homemade Mint Extract
Do you have an abundance of mint? Mint is one of those plants that while extremely useful and great to grow, can take over other plants due to its ability to grow with little maintenance. We have always been successful in growing mint, it does really well in most...
Easy Homemade Ant Killer that Works Immediately
It never fails, every year in the late winter, early spring - or February/March, we get ants. They primarily show up in our kitchen and I hate them. They are the most annoying thing when you are trying to cook. Dodging the ants when cutting vegetables and having to...
3 Hot Chocolate Recipes for Every Occasion
If you are anything like me, the winter season basically means “hot drink season”, and for my kids, that means hot chocolate. We all love hot chocolate in my family and up until recently, that meant stocking up on packaged powdered hot chocolate. If I am feeling...
Grow your own Tea with these 7 Herbs
One of my major goals for our homestead is to grow my own tea garden. Herbs are such wonderful and easy plants to grow. They are versatile and useful. For uses such as teas, infused water, essential oils, cooking, first aid, the possibilities are endless! Learning...
Beautiful Holiday Decor Ideas From Your Backyard
It is Christmas time! My FAVORITE time of the year. Since this is the first year that we are really focusing on our homesteading lifestyle, I thought it would be great to look at what we can find in our backyard to use for decorations. We have a section of evergreens...