Since we first started our homesteading adventure, we have given each year a theme. While work overlaps from year to year, we find that...

We've said this before, but Ed and I are always trying to do our menu planning around the foods we've grown and preserved. The past...

I went to a neighborhood "barn sale" this past summer and met a neighbor for the first time. She and her husband were new to the area...

One of the end-of-year projects we always have is a review of how our garden performed. Every year we rotate crops and try new varieties,...

With the year winding down, it is time to take stock and review. I enjoy thinking back on each year. I find my memory is not as good as...

Every year, it seems like a race to complete projects before winter settles in. Despite a couple of cold spells, our autumn was mild....

For most of the year, I felt that our new cats and chickens, while not fearing us, at least had a healthy respect for us. That feeling...

It's a relatively cold, rainy, and overall blustery day here in Wisconsin. Ed took off work mid-week this week in order for us to catch...

Like many, we have a tablet, and we use an app to tap into our library's magazine collection. One of the magazines we look forward to...

The chickens have ramped up production, and we are now getting at least a half-dozen eggs a day. Maggie has been giving some away, but...

Last year produced a bumper crop of peppers, and we took to eating, canning, and drying peppers to keep up. After grinding a batch of...

After allowing our 5 gallons of honey to settle for a week, it was time to bottle. We bought a mix of 1-pound and 2-pound bottles and set...

In the end, we produced honey, but it was a challenge. We had previously checked the hives and determined that we would be able to take...

We've harvested lots of rhubarb this season. I've been canning rhubarb and freezing it as it comes in. While I've made rhubarb Jell-o...

I'm trying to keep myself organized as I try saving tomato seeds. We planted a variety of tomatoes this year and they are all either...

If it had been just me, the side kick, there wouldn't have been any honey harvested this year. Ed did most of the strategizing and...

In the past 4 days, we've gotten 1 dozen eggs. Some of them are still pretty small pullet eggs, but some seem to be regular sized eggs....

At least one of our eleven pullets (raised from 1 day old chicks) has been spending time in one of our nine nesting boxes. With a couple...

Maybe we're just too new to growing pumpkins, but having an orange pumpkin (3 actually) on August 1st in Wisconsin seems way too early. ...

In mid to late April, a friend gave me some potato starts as a gift. Excited, I planted them right away. Here and Wisconsin, April is...