This post may contain affiliate links, which won’t cost you extra to purchase but helps support this site. Thank you for your support! On the homestead, there is food everywhere. Chicken coops, goat barns, rabbit pens, compost piles, in the gardens and in the home. Mice can carry disease, eat through food, including cardboard boxes,… [read more]
3 Ways To Cook Hard Boiled Eggs
I love making hard boiled eggs. The versatility of a good hard boiled egg is amazing, truly. You can make stuffed eggs, egg salad, or just top a fresh green salad with bits of egg. Eggs are a good source of protein and healthy fats, making them an easy addition to your daily diet. 6… [read more]
6 Free Raised Garden Bed Ideas- Maximize Your Space
Do you want a raised garden bed but not pay the hefty price that comes with buying one? I have 6 amazing FREE raised garden bed ideas to share with you. Raised garden beds make gardening easier to maintain and are aesthetically pleasing. In addition to ease of maintenance, you can build them anywhere and… [read more]
How To Get Rid Of Mice Infestation Naturally
On the homestead, you will often have chickens, food storage, or a garden. That’s what most of us do, anyway, right? It makes the homestead, “The Homestead”. Unfortunately, chicken feed laying around, compost bins with leftover chicken scraps, garden produce growing, and food storage containers can also attract another common aspect on the homestead. Mice. A mice… [read more]
Home Canning Equipment You Need (and where to get it cheap!)
When it’s time to start preserving your garden produce, many homesteaders turn to canning. Canning your food makes it shelf and pantry stable, can easily be stored for a year or more, and meals are heat and eat. If the power is out, you can still consume your home canned food, just open the jar… [read more]
Foraging For CrabApples (Plus How To Use Them!)
Crabapples or Malus sylesris, can often be found along fields in wooded areas. When cultivated in the home orchard or garden, crabapples grow up on trees that can reach up to 25 feet in height. The flowers of the crabapples begin as white, light pink to dark pink and purple blossoms. The crabapple fruit will grow in… [read more]
What To Feed Chickens For A Healthy Flock
When raising backyard chickens, your first thought should be a secure home for them. Where will they live, what kind of coop will best fit my needs? After you have a secure home, making sure your flock has plenty of water is a must. Waterers can be simple, or complex, depending on what you want.… [read more]
Cooking With Cast Iron- Over 45 Delicious Recipes To Try Today
Some women like to collect pretty things, such as vases, flowers, figurines. Some, however, like to collect cast iron. Having multiple cast iron pans makes meal prep so much easier, as you can grab what you need and go from stove top to oven with ease. Some advantages of cast iron cookware are it heats… [read more]
DIY Natural Flea Repellent For Dogs-Why You Need This
If you currently have dogs, I am willing to bet that you’ve had to deal with fleas before. Not only are the commercial treatments for dogs toxic, but they are also extremely expensive. By making your own DIY Natural Flea Repellent you can protect your dog and your wallet. DIY Natural Flea Repellent For Dogs Here… [read more]
The 2 Big Problems With Canning-And How To Solve Them (with Avalon Bay IC100B Square Induction Cooktop)
Growing a garden and being able to harvest all the goodness is amazing. There simply is nothing like a fresh off the vine tomato, right? Of course, most of us grow more than we can eat fresh. We do that on purpose. See what varieties of tomatoes grow GREAT in containers here. Having quart jars… [read more]