We’ve been feeding our chickens this homemade fermented chicken feed because it’s a natural source of probiotics. Also, feeding your flock fermented chicken feed wastes less, costs less, and they love it! Come get the recipe below.
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Farmhouse Garden Update #2
In today’s update I’m sharing the progress of our front, back, and side yard, lots of pretty flowers and veggie pics, the chicken retaining wall, how to kill weeds effectively, and some funny stories in there too. Welcome to farmhouse garden update #2.
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During a tumultuous time in our country and our world, I thought I would share some powerful Bible versus to help understand how to get through times of adversity. The Bible shares stories and passages for the good, the bad, and the ugly times of life and how the power of God, faith, and the Holy Spirit can carry us through them.
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Toward the end of spring right before the heat of summer kicks in, I am always in awe of the garden growth around here. It’s a total transformation from the dead of winter to full bloom spring. With all the rain we got this year, I wouldn’t expect anything less!
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I haven’t been on here for a bit talking about our homestead because we’ve been busy updating it! We have about a quarter acre in a farming community and we’ve been working on the outside of our simple little farmhouse. I imagine these projects will go throughout the summer, so I wanted to provide updates along the way.
[Read more…] about Farmhouse Garden Update #1How to Build a Stand for Planter Box using a Trough
We have two different gardens in our small homestead backyard. This year we chose to use a galvanized horse trough for a planter box and build a cedar wood stand under it. That way, we’ll have one planter box on the deck and the other on the ground. Come see how we built a stand for our trough planter box and filled it to get ready for spring at the homestead.
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If you are like me and get tired of ordering gifts off Amazon for people, try making an all-natural homemade gift basket. All you need are a few simple ingredients that you may already have in your home to make some really great gifts for a homemaker. Plus there’s just something so special about homemade gifts. Grab these recipes for your mom, sister, or yourself if you’re looking to learn a little all-natural homemaking!
[Read more…] about All-Natural Homemade Gift BasketHow I learned Simple Living with these Top 9 Homesteading Books
I always knew that a simple life with hand cooked food and a heart for the home was what I wanted one day. Even when I was working a full time corporate job and living in a city apartment by myself. I would sit at my computer and dreamed of one day owning farm animals and spending my whole day in kitchen. It wasn’t until my late 20s that John and I were able to save up enough for me to go part time, and focus more on working from the home. But where to start? In this post I share with you my favorite homesteading books to start living that simple homestead life.
[Read more…] about How I learned Simple Living with these Top 9 Homesteading Books9 Ways to Homestead in the City + Quarter Cow Unload!
You know I’ve dreamt of being a farm to table girl almost my whole life, so the first time we bought a quarter cow was ever so exciting. It’s the best meat, from cows fed in your area, from farmers you can actually talk to. In this post I go into all the details about the benefits of buying local, how you can find the best meat near you, and what our quarter cow unload looked like. Oh, and I share 9 ways to start homesteading in the city. Thanks for stopping by the farmhouse!
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Add some spring farmhouse charm to your home with this homemade wreath with sweet daisies. With two indoor cats, flowers on the table in vases become spilled water pretty quickly. So I’ve become a big fan of homemade wreaths and wall-hanging floral arrangements. Homemade wreaths are perfect because they are a way to display fresh flowers but kept out of reach of little ones. And, I just love making them 🙂 Learn how to make a spring farmhouse wreath with fresh flowers in this simple tutorial.
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