My absolute favorite season of the year is spring.  I love to watch the birds building their nests.  We have a pair of barn swallows who love to raise two sets of birds under our porch every year.  The trees take on new life as leaves cover their once bare limbs.  Flowers rise from the ground and bloom in a... »

As a homesteading family of seven who owns one acre in the country, we have to be practical about the use of our limited space.  After living here for almost a decade, I finally splurged some of my time and a little of our money and put in landscaping.  We built beds at the front of our home with plants... »

I am willing to bet that I am not the only home schooling mom who cringes with the above question. We live in a society where children regardless of their ability are labeled with a grade level. The beauty of home schooling is that parents get to teach their child at... »

We have seventeen laying hens.  Needless to say with all those hens, we average about a dozen eggs per day.  For a family of seven, this is just about perfect. However sometimes we end up with a stockpile of eggs.  Here are five things you can do to use up your eggs. 1.  Sell them... »

Since it is not necessary to have a rooster with your hens in order to have eggs, many families choose not to raise a one. Roosters can be a problem. Roosters charged with testosterone are aggressive. Armed with a sharp beak and even sharper spurs and claws, they pose a threat to anyone or... »

When people first hear about our food allergies, one of the first questions they ask is “What do ya’ll eat?” I know that commercials try to convince us that families from the United States only eat boxed cereal, boxed macaroni and cheese, and a frozen lasagna. Maybe some families really do eat those foods all the time, but I honestly feel... »

About a year after I quit my job, I stopped wearing make-up when I was at home. Who wants mascara running down your face while weeding the rows in your garden? Not me. While at home in my work clothes and clean face, people would unexpectedly drop by for a visit. My initial reaction would be, “Oh, no, I look... »

Since we get many compliments on our carrots for their size, appearance, and taste, I thought I would share how we grow them. Carrots need room to grow. You need to provide good soil that enables them to grow straight. One year we just planted the carrot seeds in a regular row. Not taking... »