GARDENING AND HOMESTEADING

Tips for Respectful Chicken Harvest

Tips for navigating butchering day for your family's flock Generations ago, people knew how to butcher their own chickens at home, but...

Tips for Planting the Summer Vegetable Garden

Here in southern New Mexico, we pass our last frost date near the beginning of May, so it is time to prepare and plant the summer garden....

Top 10 Reasons to Keep Chickens

Are you considering getting chickens? With soaring egg prices and food shortages, many people are considering starting their own flock...

6 Crucial Things to Know BEFORE You Get Backyard Chickens

With egg shortages and soaring egg prices, many people are considering starting their own backyard flock of laying hens. Chicken keeping...

Dehydrator Zucchini and Yellow Squash Chips

Zucchini and summer squash are in abundance right now. Why not make some healthy, delicious squash chips? Just chop, brush with oil,...

School Closures? 40 Life Schooling Activities!

With school closures, canceled activities, and social distancing, let's choose to focus on the positive: the silver lining is that this...

And then there were none: RIP Chickens

My heart is heavy. A couple days ago, while we were away from home on a field trip, loose dogs got into our chicken yard and killed all...

Kale Chips (keto : gaps : grain free : paleo : primal)

My kids and I love kale chips; what a wonderful way to eat greens! Kale chips are quite simple to make, and cook up crispy and light in...

Homemade Pumpkin Puree

With Halloween and Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's time to make pumpkin puree! Each year, I make lots of pumpkin puree, to be...

Spring in Our Homeschool, and 7 Simple Springtime Exploration Ideas

We haven't been doing much with our curriculum resources lately. Instead, with the weather warming up, our homeschooling has focused more...

Planting Fruit Trees

Fruit trees are one of the easiest ways to grow our own food. Few foods can rival fruit that is fresh-picked from a tree.With very little...

Adventures in Backyard Chicken Keeping

We Decide to Get Chickens My family lives on a small suburban plot of less than 1/4 acre, and over the last five years we've dedicated...

Easiest Plants for Beginning Gardeners

Over the few years I've been gardening, I've learned that some plants require lots of effort, but some are very easy. If you are just...

Herb Gardening, Companion Planting, and the Easiest Herb to Grow

Growing herbs is a great way to start growing your own food. Herbs don't take up much space, and they are wonderfully versatile. Herbs...