Blueberry season is winding down, and even if you aren’t blessed to live in an area full of wild blueberries as we are here, chances are you can find them at a relatively decent cost at your local farmer’s market or grocery store as they are in season. There are so many fun things that […]
***Please see my more recent article on hugelkultur, with a start-to-finish slideshow of the 2015 hugelkultur garden*** Welcome to a new How-To Monday: Hugelkultur! Every once in a while, my husband gets a little chainsaw-happy. You see, in my neck of the woods, we have an endless supply {or, rather, infestation} of what we […]
Butter. I know. It kind-of has the same effect on a person as the word “bacon” does. It just makes my mouth water. First of all, if you are reading this post and are a margarine lover, you absolutely must read this article and stop right now. Please! Then come on back and read through […]
Today I would like to share with you one very easy and efficient way to replace a common staple in your cupboard, and that is canned beans. With the fear of BPA in our canned goods and the expense of organic canned beans, taking dried beans and canning your own allows you to process a […]
After a month and a half of waiting since my flock was devastated, we finally brought home our new babies! Our chick orders usually sustain a 3-day trip, and on the morning of Day 2 I received the usual phone call from the Duluth Post Office letting me know that they had arrived […]
I wanted to first and foremost thank everyone who offered their condolences on our recent loss. It’s comforting to know that I have the pleasure of being involved in a homesteading community that not only understands how devastating it is to lose an animal {or many at once}but also knows that something as simple as […]
Even as I sit down to compose this article, it doesn’t feel real. I still have a numbness about me, still have dreams that this never happened. But it did. On January the 8th, I set out to do my morning chores. Per my routine, I visited both of the duck houses first. All was […]
It’s no secret that I love bantams. I’ve had the true pleasure of having raised them my whole life. As a little girl, my sister and I used to spend hours in the chicken coop, dressing them up in doll clothes. They were our pets and companions and it is because of them that […]
We’ve already talked winter chicken keeping. And as we face temperatures here of -30 with -50 windchill, causing a state-wide shutdown of all schools in Minnesota on Monday, I start to feel the panic. It’s not “new” news for us- last week we faced temps of much the same. I’m a born and raised Minnesotan. […]
If you own chickens, chances are you either: (1) Have a rooster, (2) Had a rooster, or (3) Thought about having a rooster. As in most animal instances, roosters are typically flashier than their female counterparts, making them a desirable spectacle for your farmstead. But perhaps fear of having a “mean” rooster around has […]
