This season is something special with seed starting for me. It’s not only my fifth season starting seeds, but it is where I have ease and confidence in starting these seedlings. It takes the right supplies, as well as following the right steps, much in the same way as following a recipe when cooking or …
With expanding my cut flower garden, I needed something more than my current grow light, which holds 12 standard sized trays. We are in the process of building a small 10’ x 10’ window greenhouse, but it won’t have heat the first year. It will hold young plants, but it won’t be warm enough to …
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 …