In 2017 living in a small apartment above a garage with a large deck, I started my first set of successful seedlings for my mom’s farm and garden. I’ve made a lot of mistakes since then, and looking at where I am now with my knowledge and skills from my experience in seed starting, I’m …
Buying seeds for the vegetable garden in the big box stores like Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, and Rural King is fine to do. It’s where I usually bought my seeds in my early gardening years. Walmart carries Burpee; Lowes carries Ferry-Mores; Rural King carries Livingston. But in recent seasons, I’ve been ordering seeds through catalogs …
I love cream pies. They are so easy to make, as well as delicious. For a larger gathering though, they can go quick. To make this peanut butter, I use an oreo crust with double stuffed Oreos, followed by a layer of the traditional filling for a peanut butter pie, with the final layer consisting …
Cold winter weather can be the worse for homesteading animals, not only is it checking on the water multiple times per day in heavy overalls and coat, but it is checking on the animals as well. From experience, here are some of my tips to help your chickens and ducks in the cold weather, and …
The day after Valentine’s Day, I’m at the store searching what I can find on discount. Some of the stems on this second day are not healthy at all. Lilies with their petals falling off. Bouquets that somebody didn’t insert back fully into the buckets of water. Roses with the tips of the petals turning …
The summer before we moved to our current homestead, I was sick and tired of being squished while picking tomatoes and peppers and having loads of weeds in my cut flower garden. I wasn’t designing a garden before planting at this time. My husband helped take care of the weeds, but I wanted something different. …
Over the last few years, I’ve created beautiful farm fresh bouquet for my wedding, as well as other floral bouquets for countless special occasions. I find them all to be beautiful and fitting for the occasion. Just as beautiful is the growth of learning growing and arranging fresh-cut flowers. Fresh Peony Wedding Bouquet- 2019 With …
This BBQ venison jerky recipe is based off a family recipe. The main difference is I swapped out the steak sauce for BBQ sauce and we use heat to dehydrate. So it does not take us a whole twelve hours to dehydrate. Using BBQ sauce instead of steak sauce creates a much sweeter piece of …
I was first introduced to baking layered cakes when I wanted to bake my own wedding cake. Not every cake needs to be three tiers with nine layers, but it is fun to bake creative layered cakes for get-togethers, birthday parties, holidays, and just special days of needing some cake. This recipe uses boxed cake …
I usually fry my venison steaks in a skillet on high heat, but I was just wanting an easy way to make venison steaks. I searched online, but all the recipes called to sear the meat before baking, which I’m sure is great for keeping the juices in. But it was not want I was …