Growing medicinal herbs in your garden beds or around your coop for your chickens is an excellent - but often overlooked - idea. Herbs are not only helpful for humans, but they can keep your chicken ...
12 Ingenious Ways To Get Your Hands on Free Seeds To Start Your Own Garden
Gardening is a fulfilling endeavor. It gives you a feeling of providing for your family and a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. But it can also be expensive. Knowing how to get free ...
9 Steps to Winterize Your Power Tools
We tend to use different tools at different times of the year. After all, we don't have much use for lawnmowers when there's a foot of snow in the yard. When you're putting equipment away for the ...
How to Grow and Make Your Own Herbal Incense
I love growing herbs, but sometimes I have way more than what I know what to do with. Are you in the same boat? Need a few new ideas on what to do with them? Herbal incense adds pleasant fragrances to ...
Why Are Your Chickens Laying Soft Eggs and What to Do About It
There’s nothing worse than harvesting eggs and feeling a soft egg that is rubber-shelled amongst your gorgeous clutch. Rubbery or thin-shelled, soft eggs aren’t uncommon in a nesting box, but they ...
How to Use Pumpkin Seeds as a Natural Dewormer for Goats
I love finding alternative ways to treat my goat herd when they come down with a bug, or need routine maintenance. Usually, it’s easier on them, and my wallet, if I can find something a bit more ...
Celebrating Christmas at Homestead: 5 Ways to Make It More Meaningful
Before I started homesteading, there was a period when I wanted to “turn off” Christmas. With endless rows of decorations on display at big box stores even before Thanksgiving, Christmas felt like it ...
11 Knitting and Crochet Projects for Winter
When the weather gets cold and the ground is covered in frost, it’s hard to spend time outdoors. So, finding hobbies and activities that keep you busy in the winter months is essential. Knit and ...
How to Get Rid of Chipmunks in Your Garden
Chipmunks are cute and tiny, but they can cause considerable damage to your garden. After all, Chip and Dale were adorable, but they drove Donald Duck crazy! Chipmunks mostly forage on the ground ...