Build Your Own Chicken Coop
Build Your Own Chicken Coop We have 3 chicken coops. None of them were originally constructed to be chicken coops. You can …
Tag: country life
Keeping Chickens The Redneck Way – Pros & Cons
Keeping Chickens the Redneck Way – Pros & Cons For an Introduction to Keeping Chickens the Red Neck Way go Here. There …
Keeping Chickens – The Redneck Way
How to Keep Chickens The Redneck Way. We aren’t chicken experts. Our chickens are some free-rangin’, bug-eatin’, egg layin’ ladies and lads …
Cows & Cow Bells
Cows & Cow Bells I have 4 children. I love that they spend their afternoons playing outdoors and enjoying the country. There …
Why You Should Think Twice Before You Mulch With Hay
It’s fall and we have been on a search for awesome pumpkins. I grow pumpkins, but sometimes it’s fun to go to …
Chicken in the Flowers Part #2
This is not the first post about problems with my flowers. I love my flowers. If you would like to read more …
Surprising Benefits of Raising Our Own Food
Benefits of Raising Our Own Food I thought food came from the grocery store. I thought if it was on the shelf, …
Pig Slaughter
Pig Slaughter We don’t process our own pigs. We do our own chickens and our deer. Not Pigs. We like bacon and …
Compost Your Own Kitchen Scraps
Compost Your Own Kitchen Scraps There is no reason to scrape all the scraps, leftovers or rotted foods into the garbage can …
6 Reasons We Raise Our Own Food
“Why Do You Raise Your Own Food?” Why on earth do I spend half my life milking a cow who likes to …
10 Things You Can Do This Week to Be Healthier
I realize not everyone can own a milk cow. Or chickens. Or pigs. Or a garden. I used to be that person. …
How to Eat Real Food
The 2 things that you must do to live are the 2 things that are slowly killing you. Eating and Breathing. People …
Meet Candi –
Hi! I talk about the animals, the garden, the farm and good things from the kitchen around here all the time. I …
Do Homesteaders Buy Groceries?
Do Homesteaders Buy Groceries? We raise much of our own food including meat, vegetables, some fruit, eggs, and dairy products. When …
The Problem with HOA’s
Here is a picture of our back yard taken from our deck. It’s October, so there’s a little pumpkin hanging out celebrating …