Hiatus: a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. Does a mom ever really take a hiatus??? No, but I have taken one recently from blogging. I don’t know why I have taken such a long break….I love posting our adventures and my hobbies on this site….but there comes certain […]
Over the past couple years I have used a heat lamp in my coop during the winter to keep the chickens nice and warm. I have come to realize that I do this more for myself! Yes…myself. I am such an animal lover that I do things for animals that are usually unnecessary because I […]
One part of our homesteadin’ ways is the hubs has a beekeeping hobby that he loves! He has had beehives for the past 4 years. We all love the bees and appreciate all that they do for our world…and when a hive dies – ahhhhh it is like 10,000 little pets have died. It’s painful. […]
This year I pulled out a lot of carrots — too much for us to eat right away. I decided to store them in a way that my neighbors (who are garden masters!) always store their carrots for the winter. First my daughters and I took all the greens off of the veggies… The chicks […]
Last harvest of the year from the garden. I was able to get lots of carrots, beets and spaghetti squash. I only was able to grow 3 little pumpkins – which is a good thing there were 3 so that the kiddos wouldn’t fight! I LOVE pulling my carrots out and seeing the crazy things […]
This year I was able to grow LOTS of herbs. It was the best! I had a monster parsley plant, basil and cilantro. I used most of my basil — didn’t eat much cilantro (I mostly just grew it to see if I could…and I can!) — I also didn’t use much parsley and still […]
Fall is my second favorite season…(Spring is my 1st, if you were wondering)…but boy do I look forward to Fall! I love the smells, the Ah-mazing fall colors, the crisp air, wearing jackets and layers, AND especially not having to mow the lawn anymore! So many valid reasons! These colors are almost the colors of […]
The garden has had a couple weeks to repair after the momma deer came in and ruined a couple things. She ate my whole huckleberry bush (my first time planting one…and it was HUGE!), all my strawberry leaves, my beet tops, my whole butternut squash plant and finished off my amazing zucchini plant. BUT I […]
As you can kinda tell I love how people lived from the past…I love to study pioneers, history, past forms of gardening, natural medicines, raising food, being self-sustaining and most of all being prepared! One way that takes me back to the past is our yearly trip to the mountain man rendezvous. I have been […]
I have “tried” to grow a garden for the past 8 years! I don’t have a natural green thumb, so every year I change things up to hopefully a better garden. I have had total bombs…minimal success…and maybe once or twice I actually had a great garden. Well this year I thought it was a […]