Got a field of mint you don’t know what to do with? Try making some mint sugar. It’s delicious in baking, in coffee or tea, and great to use in a dry rub mix or in a marinade. First, you gotta pick the mint. I choose to pick mine in the early morning, because *personally* …
We have survived without a central air conditioning unit in our home for the last 9 years. In the beginning, during the summer heat, we tried to keep cool by adding in a couple window units. They were rather expensive to run, and didn’t help that much. They were the smaller units installed in the …
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Here are our sweet silkie chickens… My daughter has these babies as “show chickens” for 4H. Aren’t they adorable? We had them separate from the other hens since they were show birds, and their coop was just an open box. It did the trick, but we wanted to make sure they were better protected. With …
The other week, my hubby sprained his ankle. It was painful, as you can imagine. After the initial time of rest, ice, compression and elevation (AKA RICE), we knew we needed to alternate heat to help soothe the joints and keep them from getting too tight. A regular heating pad was fine, except that the …
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Essential oils are everywhere these days. You can hardly turn in any health food store without seeing them on a shelf. The hardest part is knowing how to use them safely. Sure, you are going to get a lot of information on the internet and from reps that sell the oils, but is it TRUTH? …
If your house is anything like mine, your lids and bowls never seem to match. I actually have gotten rid of most of the lids, due to breakage or inability to find a bowl mate. Most of my bowls are lidless and very lonely. However, I do need to be able to cover a bowl …
Breakfast is an important meal. It can set the tone for the day, whether you have the energy to chase the chickens back into the coop, or not. Giving up weeding the garden because you have zero energy isn’t good, either. It’s important to get fueled up each day. On the homestead, there isn’t always …
Baking treats, muffins, quick breads and more just got taken up a notch with this homemade vanilla sugar. This sugar is perfect for adding just a touch of vanilla flavor, and is great for when you don’t have any extract on hand. It’s also great for sweetening tea, coffee, kombucha and other beverages. Vanilla sugar …
My daughter picked up knitting by herself one day. When I say “one day”, I literally mean “one day”. She went to the library, picked out a couple self help books on knitting, picked up some yarn and needles from the craft store and began to knit. She was only 9 at the time, but …
Years ago. I started building a mouse boat. Ever since I was little, I have loved boats. I remember “Treasure Island” being read to me before I could read chapter books. A family reunion at a campground in Minnesota had a lake with sailboats. I was terrified when my father took me out, but it …
