Ducks are so much fun and a she new adventure that we tried on our homestead this year. They are turning out to be a success and lots of fun to watch! Rainy weather is perfect for the ducks who absolutely love the rain. They love being wet all the time except when they need… Continue reading Ducks
Reusables with Guests So you have decided to give reusables a try. You are loving them! You have cloth napkins, unpaper towels, and even cloth toilet paper. Your garbage is now at a minimal and you are loving not having to buy a bunch of disposable paper products. But you have guest coming into town.… Continue reading Reusables with Guest
Wow this journey with reusable products surely is growing! It has almost become addicting to see how many paper products you can cut out of your life and replace with something reusable. Napkins, paper towels, toilet paper, menstrual pads, diapers, wipes, tissues, dryer sheets and more, all can be replaced with a reusable option. Perks… Continue reading Journey With Reusables
On our homestead we try to live as natural as possible, and that means we grow our vegetables as natural as possible and raise our animals as naturally as possible. We choose breeds and varieties that meet our needs for this natural lifestyle. We also grow things naturally, not in an artificial way at all.… Continue reading All About Natural Tomatoes
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Wow have we ever been busy here! We have chickens of various sizes from babies through laying hens…and well lets face it, once you have so many chickens how do you keep count of them all? We have 24 ducks which are a fun addition. The gardens are planted and growing really great! So far… Continue reading Homesteading in June
We have a lot going on! Read all about our Farmers Market endeavours and our gardens. Also get caught up on some new products we have!
To homestead is to mean that I don’t have to rely on a store or the world. The only person I have to rely on is myself and my family. If something were to happen in this world, if the world would really end, if a catastrophe would happen, if a storm would occur and… Continue reading Why I Homestead
Building the Chicken Coop: We built the coop starting in December 2015 and finished around the end of January due to the weather and Zach’s work schedule. I briefly discussed the chicken coop in my blog post Reusing Old Materials To Make Something New We picked a spot for the chicken coop that was mostly… Continue reading Chicken Coop
We have so many green beans coming from the garden! My plans are freezing as many as I can so I have them in winter as well. I also have been cooking some fresh for dinner. This is just some of the green beans we picked! There were so many. Snapping the ends to prepare… Continue reading Green Beans and corn from garden to freezer
Living Simple with the Jane Girls 