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 ...
22 Best Vegetables to Plant in Your Straw Bale Garden
Have you heard of the term ‘straw bale gardening?’ It’s a fantastic gardening method where you get the straw bale to begin to compost. From there, you plant your vegetables within the straw bale, ...
10 Best Self-Defense Keychain Reviews: A Useful Travel Safety Gadget
In this crazy unpredictable world, you need to protect yourself from all types of dangers. A self-defense keychain is the ultimate personal safety gadget. This highly portable weapon will increase ...
12 DIY Hammock Ideas to Elevate Your Napping to a Whole New Level
A recent summer spent traveling around South East Asia sparked my now eternal love for hammocks. The majority of places we stayed had a specified hammock area where we would spend our downtime ...
18 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy on the Homestead
But Mooom! I don’t like what you’re fixing! If I had a quarter for every time I’ve heard those words in my household, I might still be writing, but I’d probably be doing it while I sipped Bahama ...
8 Tips to Make Your Window Box Flourish and 11 Ideas to Inspire You
Is it important for you to have gorgeous window boxes decorating your home each year? In that case, you’ll be interested to know how many ways you can push those window boxes right over the ...