I'm waiting for my oldest daughter to finish band practice,  and while I wait,  I'm keeping an eye on my other two.  Wat...

      Today I finally got to use my fermenting crock to make some pickles!  I got the crock last year, right after cucumber season was over,...

         Today I woke up, rounded up three of my chickens, and went to a friend's house to butcher chickens. We did three of mine, ...

     I went to the farmer's market on a whim the other day, and couldn't resist getting some strawberries.  I could care less for th...

      We usually go camping around Dave's birthday every year. The first couple of years we did, it was just coincidence that it coincid...

     I've been making all sorts of stuff to try out for my homesteading class.  It's an hour long class, so everything I do has to f...

     I am teaching a class at our Homeschool co-op, on homesteading skills. Each week I am focusing on a different traditional skill that ca...

      I've been so busy, I haven't had a chance to blog any, but I thought I would post some after pictures of Anna's room, sinc...

     As part of getting my house organized, I've also been working on getting my homeschool organized for this coming year.  I've al...

     Anna's room has been long over-due for a organizational re haul plus makeover.  Since I moved the twins out of her room, I have pre...