Plant Something for Your Chickens When Planting Your Garden
A question I have pondered a lot is whether or not I can grow my own chicken food. I have heard both those that said I could, and those that said it was not a good idea. I find it hard to believe that feeding your chickens off the land is either not possible or not advisable. But more importantly than that I have come to believe that growing your own chicken food is not only safe but is much better for your chickens. I can draw on a lot of experiences for this thought, first off, I asked myself, what did farmers do before commercial chicken feed was widely available? Second of all, I look at all of the animals we keep, and a common theme repeats itself. Those animals that are on as close to their natural diet as … [Read More...]
Getting Your Garden Tiller Ready for Spring
Spring is finally upon us and if you are like me, this means it is finally time to put the snow blower away just in time to break out the tiller. This is the perfect time of year to get an early start on preparing all of your gas powered equipment for what is sure to be yet another grueling season. If you were smart and did the right thing at the end of last summer, all of your power equipment should be sitting in the garage or shed with the gas drained out of the tank and carburetor, ready to go. Of course if you are like me, you probably turned each of them off and put them in their spot in the garage. There they sat until now doing little more than gathering dust and the mysterious junk that gets piled on them no matter how … [Read More...]
Garden Tool Maintenance – Taking Care of all Of your Gardening Tools Year Around
Note From The Editor: Please welcome my husband, who has agreed to add to our blog with bits of wisdom from around the Homestead. I am creating a special maintenance and DIY category just for him. I look forward to all of his great ideas! Making Your Garden Tools Last Takes a Proper Maintenance Program Spring is finally creeping up on us and with it comes the time to check over all of your garden tools and make sure they are up to the task. If you had taken the time to prepare them for storage at the end of last summer, this shouldn't be a problem. On the other hand if you are like most of us, you knocked the worst of the dirt off and stuck them in the shed or garage. With this in mind, join me as I take you through preparing your … [Read More...]
Grow Veg Garden Planner Review
I know there are several reviews out there for this software, but since I used and loved this tool last year, I thought I would through my review out there as well. Whether you have used this software or not, please make sure to view the video I embedded for you, of the new features this year. These features make a great program even better, I am excited to get going using it just based on a few of these new tools. I have to say, I am not typically a fan of these types of tools, not only am I not an organized person (and most days I prefer it that way) but organizational tools normally sit and collect dust in my house. I also was not sure how I felt about computerizing something that most years I do in my … [Read More...]
Featured Recipe
English Style Pickled Onions
Pickled onions were a staple in my husband home when he was growing up. He spent his middle school and high school years in England and pickled onions where a part of many meals in their home. It did not take long before I heard stories from my English mother in law about how quickly [...]
