Start Your Seeds Indoors #1 – Building the Light Hut – Easy. Fast. Cheap.
Starting Your Own Seeds Joy! Joy! Joy! I may not be in my garden yet, but I’m playing with dirt in my …
Tag: country life
Keeping Pigs in Winter
I’ve decided that pigs are indestructible. At least, the 4 that lived through “Snowmageddon” we had here in Kentucky are…. I am learning …
Should You Buy Livestock from Sale Barns?
People have some STRONG feelings about sale barns. I have a dear friend who won’t touch them with a 10 foot pole. …
How to Buy Healthy Eggs
How to Buy Healthy Eggs. Between the low egg production due to winter (we don’t have a light in our coop) and …
Share Milking With a Calf
Milking time! Have I mentioned how much flexibility you can have when you keep your calf with your milk-cow? It is a …
All Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie
Cookies are High Maintenance. Well, maybe the cookies aren’t, but the people eating them are. I am so picky when it comes …
Nothing is 100% Grass-Fed
** NOTE: Thank you to all the folks who have sent me info on the specifications of “grass-fed” animals. The guidelines for …
How do you Keep Coyotes Away?
I love getting questions from you! If you ever have a question about our homestead, our life, or how we do things …
Read This Before Buying Your Daughter a Ferret
I’ve decided that Ferrets should come with a warning. Our 11 year old daughter has wanted a ferret for years. She has …
Farm Fresh For Life – Top Posts from 2015
Top Posts in 2015 It seems that many of my favorite blogs are doing some sort of “top posts for 2015” lists. …
Why Snow is Good for Your Garden
Why Snow is Good for Your Garden It snowed! Here in Kentucky, we never know if we’re going to get “white stuff” …
Staying Healthy & Strong without Dieting
It’s the end of a year. It’s the beginning of a new year. Let the gym memberships, resolutions and diets begin! I …
I Can’t Imagine Anything Worse…
I was thinking about Mamaw and how much I love her and how I need to go visit her soon. As I …
No, You Can’t Strain Milk with a Coffee Filter – in Case You were Wondering
No, You Can’t Strain Milk with a Coffee Filter. Ugh. Ugh and ugh again. I have the most fabulous milk strainer. Go …
New Years, Christmas & Baseball
Happy New Year Everyone! By the way, this post contains mild language, naughty kids and possibly offensive material…. proceed with caution. Christmas …