With the cold weather outside I’ve spent lots of time dreaming of my summer garden and scanning through my bookshelf for a little inspiration. The most recent addition to my bookshelf is Chris McLaughlin’s new book: Vertical Vegetable Gardening, and it is just chalk full of inspiration. In this book, Chris shares her gardening knowledge […]
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Build your own bee garden to attract pollinators to your backyard farm. Find flowers that attract bees and more.
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We are Sheryl & Denny Sicard, along with our daughter, we live in south Louisiana on a 10 acre piece of land we call Cypress Hill Farm. We are going into our third year of homesteading. You can read more about them at their blog: Cypress Hill Farm.
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Your winter homestead is the perfect place to plan and get ready for the season ahead.
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Bread is a staple on our homestead and this oatmeal honey bread is our favorite. We call this our everyday oatmeal honey bread, although we tend to baked it once or twice a week. We spread it with peanut butter, toast it with garlic, dip it in soup, and sometimes just eat it straight out
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My name is Sonja Twombly. My husband, Sean and I live with our 2 teenage daughters in Coastal Maine. Together, we are building Lally Broch Farm, our homestead and growing small farm business. It is not easy. Anyone with any experience in farming large or small can tell you that. But, it is the very best way we have found to live.
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Choosing seeds can be challenging. Here are a few things to consider when selecting the best seeds for your backyard garden.
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With all the baking going on in our home this holiday season, we are rapidly using up our supply of store bought extracts. While store bought extracts are convenient, the imitations extracts are filled with chemicals and taste just a bit artificial, and the real extracts often cost upward of 10 dollars. With just a
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Hi! I’m Lisa Lynn. My family and I live on a small homestead in northern Illinois. I graduated with a BFA in Painting and Drawing, and I love photography and writing. I also earned a degree in horticulture and worked in landscape design until I decided to homeschool and homestead full time. Now I have found the perfect medium for all my skills…blogging! I would love to have you visit my blog, The Self Sufficient HomeAcre.
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With winter officially a few days away, and the nighttime temperatures here consistently below freezing, it was time to make a wintertime ice wreath. This wreath is so simple to make and is such an unique addition to the home, that it is perfect for the holidays. You can make the wreath outside if it
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