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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we’re gearing up for hosting a big family gathering for the first time in our new homestead. While I’m hoping next year to have mostly a home grown meal, this year we’re going to keep it simple and traditional.  If you haven’t already planned for a winter crop this

 It’s moving time here at our home, so I’m taking some time to make the transition here from this home to our new one – hopefully I’ll be back next week with some photos and updates from our new digs!  In the meantime, you can ink up below. Check out some of these great photos

Burritos and quesadillas are one of the favorite meals in our home.  Making your own tortillas is not only easy, but they are absolutely delicious!  Try this recipe from Schneider Peeps.   Looking for more great posts?  Check out the homestead resource guide. Are you interested in having your post featured on the Backyard Farming

 Already the air feels cooler in the mornings, and the leaves, vegetables and plants are starting to take on their fall appearance of wild abundance.  Besides the multitude of tomatillas coming in everyday, most of our harvest this year is giving us just more than we can eat.  With our move in just over a

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a homestead as: the home and adjoining land occupied by a family.   For centuries, a homestead existed as a parcel of land and the home built there.  It was a combinations of trees or fields, slopes and hills, and bodies of water.  The land had a specific climate, it was

These Cranberry Maple bars from Grubs to Grubs – Wing Shadow Farms look delicious.  I love cooking (and eating) anything with maple, so these are on the top of my list!   Are you interested in having your post featured on the Backyard Farming Connection?  Simply submit your post to The Homestead Resource Guide Link

This week we’re counting down the days until our moving day at the end of the month.  All our homesteading activities have shifted with this one time goal in mind.  It’s amazing how much this has shifted our goals and activities and we’re already moving away from out work here to our plans for our

I’m a little short on photos this week (camera issues). The biggest exciting news around here is that we got our first ripe tomato. There is simply nothing better that the first one of the season, and if we stop goggling over it, we may even decide the best way to eat it – I’m

Those of us who tend gardens, care for animals, and try to make choices in our lives to live more simply are constantly walking the line between managing the earth and working with the earth.  No matter how subtle we work, we inevitably change the world around us: we pull ‘weeds’, we build fences, we