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 […]
It’s been far too long since I’ve shared some photos and given an update on what’s going on here at Yellow Birch Hobby Farm. Much has transpired and there is so much to come for us! As we speak, baby ducklings are hatching. We have a Saxony hen who has been sitting for 30+ days […]
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 […]
Canning season is my most favorite season- and one of the longest ones for me, second only to winter ;). I typically start in June and don’t stop until after deer season closes in November, loving it all the while. And it always begins with strawberry-rhubarb jam when the strawberries are ripe and the rhubarb […]
I’m growing celery in the garden this year for the first time, primarily for use in my homemade stock and soups. After canning some stock the other day, I found myself with a bit of leftover celery and didn’t want to simply stick it in the freezer for the next batch since I will likely […]
Hello my friends! It has been three long months since I last posted and all I can say for myself is things have been BUSY! But I thought I would stop in today as I took some pictures along the way as I was transplanting my tomato plants into the garden last week, and thought […]
My goodness, where does the time go?? It’s been weeks since I last blogged, and I figured it is time for an update! I do hope to get back on schedule with things here, but as any of us homesteaders know, there’s much to be done around the home and with the animals, leaving not […]
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 […]
