It's time to plant garlic! Unlike many vegetables, garlic gets planted in the Fall and is harvested the following summer. Garlic is uber easy to plant and grow. I've been growing garlic for ~ 10 years, so here are some tips for how to make it work well. This is a great homesteading project to get your kids involved in, too. I love the slower pace of homesteading in the late Fall: the summer garden has mostly played itself out, we're still months away from baby chick time, an

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Here in the desert, the mosquitoes arrive with summer weather. I've always been one of those people who is highly attractive to...

With so many uncertainties in the world, many people are considering starting their own backyard flock of laying hens. Chicken keeping...

Are you considering getting chickens? With so may uncertainties in the world, many people are considering starting their own flock of...

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...

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....

This time of year, many are tiring of school and homeschool. Throw away the worksheets and busywork; instead embrace Life Schooling and...

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