While we learned plenty of what to do differently in 2025, there are a few things we did better compared to the year before.

If you weren’t able to get everything in before the first freeze, don’t give up right away.

Physical books can be truly invaluable.

Depending on your local and state regulations, there can be quite a few rules that come into play when it comes to selling your wares.

Some firewood dealers sell "mixed hardwood" or mixed soft and hardwood” firewood.

We have good water here, but plants prefer the untreated stuff.

The things that come from a farm or homestead, at least to me, aren't products.

Just like all birds, chickens are more than capable of building nests and can do so just about anywhere.

Stephen and Sara Ballantine took a few hours out of their day recently to share the story of Stephen’s childhood with me.

Why are so many of us opting for a homestead kind of lifestyle? I don’t think it’s a fad. We spent enough time removed from the treadmill to

Ask my sad, oozy peach tree. We didn’t know much about trees when we bought it. Big box hardware stores, as it turns out, aren’t the best...

The tulips and irises are up, not flowering but their clusters of leaves are inches above the ground. Daffodils, dandelions, henbit and...

Yes, there are good reasons to have a rooster and sometimes you get lucky and have a great rooster. We have had many roosters over the...

Having chickens can be one of the most gratifying uses of your own backyard. We bought our first batch of chicks sixteen years ago and...

Practically overnight I went from being the Honey Lady to the EGG LADY! Now while I don’t expect this to continue forever, I am right now...

WOOSH, and summer was over. Cone flowers and sunflowers slowly faded away as the autumn colors of Chrysanthemums and Golden Rod began to...

There is a balance to be found in all of nature including our relationship with it. We’ve convinced honeybees to live in the boxes we...

SHORT intro, then on to the recipe! I’m not much for sweets, but I love Danishes and wanted to make some using our homemade jam. I’m also...

June, glorious June. Summer, glorious summer. Lush green canopies to drive through along our favorite country roads. Perennial flowers in...

‘Twas a cloudy, rainy, chilly, muggy May. Although there were a few, at least partially sunny breaks that lasted long enough to get out...