Heather started her journey to self sufficiency and homesteading after watching the movies “Super Size Me” and “Food, Inc.” and hasn’t looked back. She and her family live in Northern Indiana, where they enjoy raising a garden, rabbits and assorted poultry in their backyard. You can find her blogging at The Homesteading Hippy. Also, on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
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Create a natural space and wild yard design for getting the most out of your backyard. Attract animals, create natural play spaces, build buffers and more.
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Colleen is a special education teacher (by way of Teach for America) turned stay-at-home mom to three little ones – ages 3, 2, and 1. Her days are filled with laughing and tears, joys and frustrations, chickens and children. Her family of five lives on a .15 acre lot in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. Through this urban homesteading journey, Colleen hopes to lead her family down the path to a more sustainable, intentional, and fulfilled life. Follow their adventures on their blog Five Little Homesteaders or find them on Facebook and Twitter.
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In this article, we discuss 2 tried and true gardening methods: organic gardening, without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and traditional gardening, or laying the garden out in a large rectangle with rows. Organic gardening methods are not new and in fact they have been used since people started to garden. For centuries,
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We’re bracing for yet another winter storm here in NY. Still, our thoughts are of spring. After a weekend spent harvesting honey, and visiting a commercial maple sugar farm, we are settling in, and preparing for the growing season ahead. If you haven’t got your gardening tools ready for this spring, check out some of
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For most modern homesteaders, we are faced with an unending list of new skills to learn. In days past, these skills were simply passed down through generations: just as naturally as learning to walk or talk. For most of us, choosing to homestead means that we must each reinvent, relearn, and reach out for the
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Celebrate spring with a little fun this year. These egg heads are easy and fun to make and add a little green to your table or window sill. They’re simple to make with only grass seed, soil, and of course fresh eggs, and it only takes about 10 days to sprout a head of hair.
Today I am so excited to finally share the newest ebook brought to you by the Backyard Farming Connection! This book is a culinary and gardening journey through the 12 months of the year with growing tips, first hand growing information, recipes, and photos to inspire you in your own backyard and in your kitchen
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Last week I shared some thoughts on Doing Less by Doing More. It was one of those posts that gets written because I’m thinking through something and reflecting on our own homesteading journey. As people began responding and sharing their own comments, I was struck by a wonderful point: modern homesteading may be all about
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