The 2019-2020 homeschool year is upon us, and with each year comes a new plan for curriculum. I love to read what other families are using to get new ideas and formulate my own homeschool plan and decide which homeschool curriculum we want to use. This year, I have a 4th grader, a 2nd grader,Read more
As the weather starts to get cooler, leaves start to fall, and so do the feathers from your chickens. Fall molting has begun in your flock. The first time I saw my chickens during fall molting, I was sure something was happening. Were my chickens sick? Did something attack them? Did I miss a chickenRead more
Do you want to make money from the garden? I’ve always been told to do what you love, so it doesn’t feel like work, and gardening sure is that for me. I love my garden, and if my kids didn’t need me so much, I would be out there all the time. Bringing home aRead more
Fall is just around the corner, and with fall comes tons of leaves. Our backyard has several large, maple trees, and autumn brings heaps of leaves in our backyard. Besides jumping in them, I’ve found several ways to use fall leaves in the garden. Those leaves make a serious mess in my backyard and probablyRead more
Carrots are an early spring or fall plant that grows well in many gardens. I started growing carrots a few years ago, and my first attempts were dismal. I had no idea how to grow carrots, so I had to do my research. Growing root vegetables is difficult even for experienced gardeners. It can beRead more
Echinacea is my hands-down favorite herb, and I always have it in stock in my natural medicine cabinet. Unfortunately, people have misused this popular herb, and they also have over-harvested wild echinacea. People use echinacea in all the wrong ways. Adding echinacea to your soap isn’t going to do much, but when used correctly, it’sRead more
Never heard of mulberries? Surprisingly, I never had either until I met my husband, and his parents had a massive mulberry tree. That home and property will be ours in the next year, and I decided this year, while we wait to purchase their home and property, that I would learn how to use thoseRead more
Do your kids love Go-Gurts as much as mine do? I have to admit; they’re pretty delicious. However, even the “Simply Go-Gurts” contain chemicals that I don’t necessarily want my children to eat on a regular basis, so I decided to make some homemade yogurt tubes instead. We drink raw milk that we purchase fromRead more
Keeping one of the best broody hen breeds is important to have a self-reliant chicken flock. Broody hens hatch and raise clutches of chicks throughout the year, so you don’t need to purchase chicks from your local farm and fleet store. That means no need to purchase an incubator or to care for chicks inRead more
Green beans are my favorite summer crop. I remember being young, and my parents had a huge garden with rows of beans. My mother would take me outside with her, and I picked beans alongside her for hours. Growing green beans came naturally to me as I became older. Now, I pick green beans alongRead more