It happened… Molli was doing what any homesteading/homeschooler does and was outside being creative. We told her that she was allowed to use extra bits and pieces of things to build bird houses. She had researched a bird species that she saw in the yard and made them two bird houses. She came up with…
Homemade Laundry Detergent {Powder Recipe}
Did you know that the laundry detergent you are using may be loaded with chemicals? Chemicals which can (and do) cause many illnesses and diseases. I didn’t. I really didn’t. There are many ingredients in laundry detergents that are known carcinogens and the manufacturers are NOT even required to list them on the package! In America NOTHING (and I mean NOTHING) has to be…
Farm Chores for Kids – By Age
Kids + Chores in the same sentence makes me BURST with excitement… Farm chores for kids. Homestead Chores for kids. WHEW! That’s two sentences and that makes my skirt fly up, baby! Rocks my socks off too. That means less for me to do! The end. Totally kidding. It does “lessen the load” for Mountain…
Homestead Aspirations for 2015
I don’t like to use the term ‘goals’ here… Although the definition of aspiration technically is a goal- I prefer to use aspirations. Why? Because homesteading is A LOT of work. Non-stop. Every day. Rain or shine. Hot or freezing. You see, us homesteaders are always working- no matter what. And that in itself is…
Homemade Eczema Cream
Whip it baby… Whip it good…the homemade eczema cream that is! When dealing with eczema you gotta make something fun, right? Because eczema is not fun at all. Not to this momma or her baby who suffers from it. Nanette Lorraine was just cruisin’ along- being her crazy one-year old self- when BAM! Eczema slapped…
Best of Moving a Homestead – P.S. We’re Moving!
It happened. It finally happened… Something else besides Mountain Man has made my skirt fly up. To new dimensions. We found our forever home(stead). Say whaaaaat?!?! We have currently been renting our homestead for three years. Yep. Three years. We have been going back-and-forth between wanting to buy the place we rent to not wanting to…
How to Use Onions to Fight Off Illness
Some folks call it an urban legend… We like to call it “it always has worked for us so we do it.” The onion trick (as we call it) just happens to work for this “crazy homesteadin’ lady.” And that’s all that matters, right? It’s been said that people did use onions to fight off the…
FoodSaver Master Chef Kit
OH MY WORD, BOOYA, BAM, TA-DA, BLESS HER HEART … I know those are some of the things you are saying now, right? Right. Because I decided to be part of the awesomest FoodSaver giveaway EVA! For YOU! Yep, that’s right. We are having a FoodSaver Group Giveaway this week! Woo Hoo! FoodSaver is a great way…
