Sunny spaces in your summer garden are easy to fill with color because so many plants love the sun and bloom in summer. But what about shady spots? Or winter color? If you're growing hellebores in ...
The Basics of Horse Grooming for Beginners
Horse ownership is exciting, but bringing your first horse home can also be overwhelming. Providing day-to-day care at first is often full of questions. Am I doing this right? Am I doing enough? What ...
How To Use Social Media To Promote Your Farm or Homestead
Nowadays, nearly everything we do operates online, from shopping to keeping up with friends and family. Whether you want to add a little income or find like-minded people, you can harness social media ...
7 Ways to Store and Preserve Meat Without Electricity
Losing power is a regular threat on the homestead. On top of that, many of us don't have endless room in our freezers. What happens when we have a ton of meat from hunting or the fall slaughter? There ...
How to Make a Winter Nature Journal to Pass the Cold Months
Winter is a great time of year for a lot of reasons, but if you're passionate about gardening and the great outdoors, you might be struck by the winter blues when the cold weather rolls around. That's ...
9 Tips for Better Sleep and More Productive Days
Did you know a study found that a farmer's chance of reduced stability leading to dangerous falls is 7.4 times higher when they don’t get enough sleep? Sleep is crucial to your mental and physical ...
Make Your Own Toothpaste at Home With Simple Ingredients
Believe it or not, 4 of the 30 most common diseases are related to oral health. That's why it's important to take care of your teeth, and part of that is using good dental products. No need to shell ...
15 Ways To Keep Warm in the Winter Without Turning Up the Heat
Heating is expensive. For many people, it's an added cost in the winter that can really stretch the budget. But you have to keep warm in the winter somehow, right? Thankfully, the following tips ...
Repotting Houseplants: When, How and Why You Should Repot Your Plant
Happy houseplants are a wonderful thing. Most need little maintenance or special skills. But under the soil line on a thriving plant, the roots are growing away becoming overcrowded. At that point, ...