Homesteading

Next decide on the length for each wood board in order to properly frame your chalkboard. Rummage for and paint a board. Note, the chalkboard with spices attached can be very heavy.

Using the backhoe, he then tamped the soil around the tree roots and staked the tree for support against our area's blustery winds. « More Restore Farmhouse Order» Tags front porch , transplant tree

Pick a week in late spring and go ahead and ask friends and family to keep that date free to help out. Cast those worries aside. Goals without action will always be goals—never accomplishments .

Still, I feel near-giddy with good cheer, because: 1. As a hobby farmer, I revel in the lengthening days, looking forward to when we can once again rise to daylight and finish our evening chores before darkness descends.

Homebrewing has become popular, and with that popularity has come a whole world of high-profile, custom-made hardware. Share Your Gear No homebrewer need be an island—even as enthusiastic a brewer as I am, my gear will lounge in the garage for weeks...

For example, as a life-long allergy sufferer, I always though goldenrod was the bane of my existence. Over the long winter, I always forget about all the wonderful and mysterious things the land presents to us.

As spring advances, everyone is thinking of baby animals on the farm. We keep our worm bins in our mudroom next to the kitchen, where the worms happily turn our food scraps to compost all year long.

Everything must be standard size for easy replacement in the future. It would take three more trips to different stores to find a handle that my husband and I could not only agree coordinated with the knobs but that also suited our grip comfort and style.

I'd known my Henney was going to be a fantastic mother months before she ever laid her first egg, so when she reached the point she would no longer leave her nest, I happily waited on her hand and foot.

Since the little poults were too young to move outside before we left, my folks (and niece) continued caring for the babies in the mudroom brooder box, transferring them into an outdoor cage on nice days.

Basic Farm Pantry List By Lisa Kivirist A farm pantry serves as more than grocery storage; it's your own personal country convenience store. More free downloads>> About the Author Lisa Kivirist keeps her pantry stocked on her farm and B&B, Inn Serendipity,...

The Locavore's Kitchen: A Cook's Guide to Seasonal Eating and Preserving by Marilou K. Drovdahl, 2012) Tags books , Farm Fresh , garden , Lists , livestock , seed saving Jones and Sharon Sweeney-Lynch (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2011) The Accessible Pet,...

Voting begins this week! Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept.11, 2012, you can visit Casey's Facebook page and click on Casey's Famous People to view the cool mini-documentary Blair, Josh and Dustin from Barkley, an advertising agency, made of us animals,...

“Stuffing is surprisingly easy to make. He and his wife, Katie, run Laughing Sprout Family Farm in central Wisconsin. She and her family celebrate Thanksgiving a week early. “I think too many people think stuffing has to come out of a pre-made, processed...

“Going beyond the products we make, we believe in ‘fair trade' at home by paying a living wage to our employees and give a generous benefit package which includes 100-percent of their health insurance for the employee and their family.” Jennifer...

My children often observe far more detail in the garden than I do, and they can usually tell me which sunflowers they like best. Remember, when children are involved, keep it simple so the kids can enjoy a successful beginning on their road to becoming...

When they'd find the shouting children, they'd tell them what to do from there. Lights Out! I think running an power-outage drill is a good place to start because it's the simplest.

Think ahead to your next baking project and consider what roles protein, starch and bran play in your final product. This is why bran-heavy breads—think bran muffins—tend to be dense.

I'm working my wallet and my oven (and occasionally my sanity) overtime because I want to let the people in my life know that I care about them—and if you ask me, there's no holiday gift quite like homemade food, be it cookies , candy or what have you.

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Despite our best attempts to seek out more information, there will be something new to learn, and in that concept is beauty. Japanese scientest Masunoba Fukuoka, author of The One-Straw Revolution (Other India Press, 1992), turned his back from modern...

For some assistance choosing the correct wick, check out the Candlescience Wick Guide . Then tape the sides mold tightly shut. Molds or containers for making your candles. After sorting the leftover candle wax, melt each color group (red, green, yellow,...

Something will spark one of these thoughts, and I'll wind up daydreaming about my three-armed life or my alternate British self for a minute or two before getting back to whatever I was doing.

Butter (optional) Preparation In a skillet over medium-high heat, fry bacon, turning it often. Making chocolate-covered bacon with your kiddos is not rocket science, and it's a delightful way to wrap up a long day of homestead or farm work.

Purge Undoubtedly, there's something in your house right now that could use an ambush purge. About the Author Lisa Kivirist is the co-author of ECOpreneuring and a Food & Society Policy Fellow.

Salt-water makes up the majority of water on Earth. We've also found catching rainwater actually saves us a bit of time spent wrestling hoses (dip the bucket, carry, pour). This practice conserves fresh, potable water and the electricity it takes to run...

For me, this is where the true magic of the season lies—not in the gifts, no matter how heartfelt they are, or even in the delicious food that graces the table. As our family has “grown up,” we've scattered across the country, from California east...