homesteading

How to Clean out the Chicken Coop in Winter

Cleaning out the chicken coop is not on the top of my favorite farm chores list but figuring out how to clean out the …

How do I know when to start garden seeds indoors and outside? Find out what to plant when, specific to your area with …

Learning how to hatch chicks at home in an incubator is such a fun project! The first time we hatched chicks in an …

A few years ago, we learned how to tap trees and make maple syrup at a local historical mansion. There are numerous old …

Discovering one of our bee hives is dead, or a "dead out", in the middle of winter is always a sad occasion. It always …

I learned years ago how to test seeds for viability when I was gifted a bunch of outdated seed packets and was curious …

Every year I make a new list of goals for the homestead. Some people don't like making new year's goals or resolutions, …

Would you ever eat roadkill meat? This is a question I never really seriously considered until 16 years ago when a …

As we are approaching the new year of 2019, I've been making a list of our homestead goals for the year. Making …

Last summer we started searching local property listings for a new homestead for our family. We decided to move for a …

We have exciting news on the homestead! In April, our new baby homesteader arrived and since then all our time and …

Before we make homestead goals for the new year, I like to start with reviewing our goals for the past year. This way we …