Something I have found, since getting animals last Spring, is the house just isn’t always fresh. I want my house to smell like a home, not a barn. When you first walk in to your home on your homestead does it smell fresh? Clean? I don’t mean like bleach. Or chocolate chip cookies, although cookies…
After living on 5 acres for 15 years and now back on an acre an hour south of Nashville, I decided to put a list together of some of my favorite things. This list is just what came to mind. Feel free to leave your ideas in the comments. BOGS BOOTS If she…
What are 10 Things you Will Miss about your Home? This is what the photographer asked us when making the appointment to come take pictures of our house. “When taking pictures of a clients house I ask them what are 10 things they will miss most so I can see it from their perspective.” I…
How to render pig fat for homemade lard you ask? You didn’t ask? Let me share anyway because you never know when you will need to. Wilbur and Mabel lived a good life, complete with back scratches, sprays with the hose on hot days, and lots of goat milk as treats. Well, all good things…
Easter is less than a week away. Usually with Easter comes eggs. Hardboiled to make deviled eggs. Maybe your family dyes eggs. Regardless they are popular this time of year. Did you know there was a way to dye Easter without that little kit from the grocery store. Jessica at 104Homestead shares egg-sactly (see what…
RASING CHICKENS 101 So you want to raise chickens. Here are a few tips to get you started. Then go over to my post about the 5 Things I learned AFTER Getting Chickens. You’re welcome, in advance, for saving you a ton of trouble. #1 Is it Legal If you are in the…
We learned a lot from having dairy goats. We learned they weren’t for us after about 18 months. They are Stubborn Goats are incredibly stubborn. This last fall, Jazz, our Nubian, had in her head she wasn’t going to go back to her pen after being milked. She dug in her hooves and would.not.budge! I…
A week doesn’t go by that I don’t say to myself “Twelve years ago I never would have….” Usually it is something along the lines of “Twelve years ago I never would have thought to get chickens” or “I would never go on a quad ride up a mountainside.” This could be titled never say…
This homesteading thing. The glory of being self sufficient. It is not for the faint of heart. My friend put it like this: “Everyone loves spring and the new life it brings to the farm. Things are turning green, babies are being born, chicks chirping and everyone is feeling good that we made it through…
The Principal and the kids built me a Greenhouse. This is homeschooling at it’s finest. Math. PE Quality time. (Ok this isn’t a class, but still good for the soul) They remembered what the plumb line was from seeing it at Mount Rushmore. This was great in helping to keep everything square. Even Samantha the…