Before I started growing our food, I spent a fortune on salad ingredients. It wasn't just the lettuce that cost so much. There were the tomatoes, herbs, specialty greens, radish, cucumbers, and more ...
6 Easy Ways to Get Rid of Chicken Lice in Your Coop for Good
Have you ever heard of the term chicken lice? It makes your skin crawl and your head itch a little doesn’t it? Though chicken lice aren’t the kind which lives in human hair, they can cause many ...
28 Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes That Pack a Flavor Punch
I've only started enjoying salads in the past couple of years, both making them and eating them. In my opinion, this was entirely down to my discovery of salad dressing. I knew that various salad ...
7 Important Reasons You Should Plant Heirloom Seeds in Your Garden
Have you ever heard the term heirloom seeds and wondered what the big deal about them is? Truthfully, I used to feel the same way. But over the years I’ve done my research and began to have a ...
How to Use the Core Gardening Method to Grow with Minimal Water
Are you tired of your garden needing constant watering? Do you live in an area with an arid climate which is hard on your plants? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you are going to be ...
9 DIY Fabric Softeners to Make Your Laundry Feel Like a Heavenly Cloud
No matter how many years it is since I moved away from home, I still haven't quite gotten the knack of doing my laundry as well as mom does. Despite checking the labels and adjusting temperatures ...
How to Start Raising Feeder Pigs Sustainably with Low Budget
Do you want to raise your own pork? The idea of knowing what went into the animal sounds enticing, doesn’t it? If it sounds wonderful to you because you also reconsider everything you put in your ...
Annual vs. Perennial vs. Biennial: 3 Plant Types You Should Know
Do you ever find yourself browsing at the nursery only to read labels and not understand what they mean? One of the most challenging items to distinguish is whether a plant is an annual, biennial, ...
How Train Your Goat to Milk on a Stand the Easy Way
About four years ago, I brought home my first doe to start my homestead dairy. Phoebe was “in milk” because her kids had been weaned hours earlier. By the time I got her home, her udder was so huge I ...