Watering House Plants with Ice Cubes: Good or Bad?
Here’s a quick way to water household plants in seconds.
Kendra Lynne
Feeding Chickens on a Budget, and How to Save Money
“We’ve learned another lesson the hard way: You can’t go cheap on the chicken feed… At least not if you want to get eggs!”
128 Things Chickens Can Eat, 34 They Cannot [PDF Checklist]
Wondering what table scraps are safe to feed your chickens? Check out this complete list of do’s and don’ts!
Prevent and Treat Blossom End Rot on Your Tomatoes
My poor tomatoes have Bottom-end rot!! Anyone know what could help??
Finding Balance Around the Homestead
“Lately it’s been on my mind a lot… this struggle that I have for superficial perfection. Not in me, but in my home. And I’m finding that it doesn’t fit well at all with the homesteaders lifestyle. My modern ideals are conflicting with this inner longing for a simpler, back-to-basics lifestyle.”
How to Get Your Chicks Down from the Tree
For a while we had trouble keeping the chickens from roosting in the trees at night. Well, I finally found a solution!
My First Garden: 9 Weeks Later
I thought I’d try gardening the cheap way this time: just sticking the seed in the soil (not adding anything to it really) and watering it. Well, you get what you pay for… which is not much in my case. Lesson learned.
Mouse Cube: The Best Way to Catch a Mouse
I’ve tried them all: snap traps, sticky pads, rat poison, electronic devices, and even cats… none of them work with any comparison to this flawless mouse catcher!
Growing Strawberry Plants from Runners
Should you cut them off, or keep them to grow more plants?? Find out what is best for your garden!
9 Ways to Quickly Put Out a Kitchen Fire
Evidently we did the biggest no-no of all trying to put out the fire!!
How To Can Cherry Jam
Surprise in a cherry, A yummy recipe for Cherry Jam, and My first attempt at canning on my own, and with no canning equipment!
Progress In The Garden
Some stuff is doing awesome, and some stuff just may be a lost cause…