Dear Readers, Winter is just around the corner and gardening doesn't stop here even with the first flurries of snow. There's plenty you can be doing in your garden throughout the winter to prepare for the following season. Grab yourself a nice hot cuppa tea … [Read more...] about Preparing the Garden for Winter and The Next Season
Homesteading
Improving Nutrition and Other Tips for Keeping Chickens Healthy in Wintertime
Dear Readers, Today I have a special guest post by Gabrielle Yoder from ChickenCoopGuides.com. Chickens can experience many different health problems in the winter if their keeper does not keep a close eye on their behavior and habitat. You can keep healthy … [Read more...] about Improving Nutrition and Other Tips for Keeping Chickens Healthy in Wintertime
My 10 Top Homesteading Blogs
Dear Readers, Today's post is a share of my favorite places to go for inspiration and information. Blogging is quite a social thing for many, especially those who work at home but it takes a phenomenal amount of time for a blogger to write a post, take the photos, video, … [Read more...] about My 10 Top Homesteading Blogs
How to Grow Your Best Garden Ever, Starting Right Now
Dear Readers, Have you ever wanted to start a garden but are not sure where to begin? Do you have a garden but the harvests haven’t been good or the produce has lacked flavor? Well you’re not alone and there is a solution! I’m going to let you into a secret so … [Read more...] about How to Grow Your Best Garden Ever, Starting Right Now
How To Winterize Chicken Coops For Free
Winter's coming and you need to winterize the chicken coop and I'm going to show you how to do it for as frugally as possible, in fact this method of insulating my backyard chicken coop was FREE. Read more to find out how I insulated the chicken coop for winter. … [Read more...] about How To Winterize Chicken Coops For Free
Raising Chickens In Your Backyard
We have taken the next steps towards self sufficiency and started raising chickens in our backyard as part of our suburban homestead and got our first flock of chicks a few weeks ago. … [Read more...] about Raising Chickens In Your Backyard
Save The Bees
Dear Readers, With Spring just around the corner, I wanted to inspire you to grow some bee friendly plants this year in your gardens to help the declining bee population. … [Read more...] about Save The Bees
Thrifty Tips For The Garden
I talked about not wanting to spend any money on the garden at my house because I'm moving in with my other half in a couple of month's time. I'm all for being frugal and re-using, re-purposing wherever I can because that's how I was raised back in Ol' Blighty. In … [Read more...] about Thrifty Tips For The Garden
