Honeysuckle Hive Welcome to all of you who have clicked on over from Farmer Liz's! For those who don't know what I'm talking...

I found this list in my drafts folder. It's a collection of links I gathered last year, when I was considering using these plans  to bui...

I have been honored with a request to guest post on Lovely Greens ! This is part of Tanya's six week series on DIY homesteading (see...

Lily, Surprise, and Ziggy The other day I let the girls into the new pasture for the first time. It was for about 10 or 15 minutes, ...

I received a lot of excellent comments on my "The Economics of Food Self-Sufficiency" post. Most of you, like me, see a definite ...

I have to make a confession here.  These colors have not been typical for September this year. But at the tail end of August, we got rain. W...

One thing I never seem to have enough of, is ready-to-use compost. It seems to take a long time to make, mostly due to our shortage of manu...

My seed potatoes are planted. Originally I ordered 4 lbs of Red Pontiacs, but when confronted with bags of them at Tractor Supply , I boug...

The chicks are on order so now we need to get serious with our preparations. Here's what we have to start ... Dan cut out the door...

I very much want to thank everyone who left a comment on my Of Chickens: Gathering Information post. Your experiences, opinions, and feed...

Dan and I used to have a private joke. I love books (we both do), and when I could find a good bargain for something we were interested in, ...