Will Crop Rotation Keep Your Tomato Plants Healthy?
I am about to bust all your crop-rotating hopes and dreams. I have bad news. I have experience. I have tomatoes. I …
Tag: homesteading
Homesteaders Food Challenge- Week 1
It has been quite a week. My brother called me a fake and said he wasn’t buying my book. No, I don’t …
Ping
It’s days like this that I want to stop blogging. I love to write. I love to share my life. I love …
How to Go on Vacation When You Have a Farm
I just returned from a 10 day vacation in heaven. I came home to your basic, everyday nightmare. The dog has fleas. …
Blackberry Pound Cake Recipe
This is one of the best recipes I own. It was my grandmothers. Originally, it was a classic, perfect coffee cake. A Sour …
How to Raise Chicken Meat that is Not: Stringy, Chewy, or Tough
How to Raise Great Chicken Meat. We have raised chickens for meat. Like, a lot. You can purchase broiler chicks at most …
Why We Raise Pigs Over the Summer
Why We Raise Pigs Over the Summer If I could give you all a gift it would be a piglet. Unless you …
Classic Wilted Salad with Bacon Dressing
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that if this dressing can make Kale taste good it is a miracle …
Why I Don’t Water My Garden
I have a unique perspective on water. I don’t water (much). I’m serious. I water about 4 times all summer. There are …
You Know You’re a Farm Girl (or Guy) if…..
How to tell if you have officially made the plunge to the Country and can call yourself a “Farm Girl” or “Farm Guy.” …
Wanna See My Garden?
I knew you would. 🙂 Welcome to My Garden! You just can’t beat a spring garden. The newness. The freshness. The perfect …
Chicken Butcher Bloopers – Look Away!
I just couldn’t resist…. When you process your own chickens there are endless amusing happenings. And since I always have a camera …
Banana Bread
Banana Bread Homemade, Old Fashioned, Banana Bread….. from scratch, soft, moist, sweet. Most banana breads are dense, thick and a deep color. …
12 Uses for Old Hay
12 Uses for Old Hay How to Use extra Hay. It never fails, sometimes we end up with some hay that is …
Butchering Backyard Chickens
Butchering Backyard Chickens Raising meat chickens is a remarkably simple, fast project. If you are raising Cornish Rock Cross, they go from …