Can I Grow All My Own Food? A Diet is Born
If you’re here for the first time, Welcome! I am Candi, I write this little blog and I am attempting to grow/raise/pick/harvest/kill/ …
Tag: country life
Will Crop Rotation Keep Your Tomato Plants Healthy?
I am about to bust all your crop-rotating hopes and dreams. I have bad news. I have experience. I have tomatoes. I …
Homesteaders Food Challenge- Week 1
It has been quite a week. My brother called me a fake and said he wasn’t buying my book. No, I don’t …
Ping
It’s days like this that I want to stop blogging. I love to write. I love to share my life. I love …
How to Go on Vacation When You Have a Farm
I just returned from a 10 day vacation in heaven. I came home to your basic, everyday nightmare. The dog has fleas. …
Blackberry Pound Cake Recipe
This is one of the best recipes I own. It was my grandmothers. Originally, it was a classic, perfect coffee cake. A Sour …
Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake Recipe
Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake This bright, lemon-y cake is moist and filling! Expect it to have the texture of a pound …
How to Raise Chicken Meat that is Not: Stringy, Chewy, or Tough
How to Raise Great Chicken Meat. We have raised chickens for meat. Like, a lot. You can purchase broiler chicks at most …
Why We Raise Pigs Over the Summer
Why We Raise Pigs Over the Summer If I could give you all a gift it would be a piglet. Unless you …
Classic Wilted Salad with Bacon Dressing
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that if this dressing can make Kale taste good it is a miracle …
Why I Don’t Water My Garden
I have a unique perspective on water. I don’t water (much). I’m serious. I water about 4 times all summer. There are …
You Know You’re a Farm Girl (or Guy) if…..
How to tell if you have officially made the plunge to the Country and can call yourself a “Farm Girl” or “Farm Guy.” …
Wanna See My Garden?
I knew you would. 🙂 Welcome to My Garden! You just can’t beat a spring garden. The newness. The freshness. The perfect …
Chicken Butcher Bloopers – Look Away!
I just couldn’t resist…. When you process your own chickens there are endless amusing happenings. And since I always have a camera …
How to Get a Bundt Cake Out of the Pan
If you are here, you may have a bundt cake stuck in a pan. I have been where you are. You went …