Ahh…August. August is one of my favorite months. Everything is green, growing, blooming, ready for harvest, and/or starting to die. The kids start back to school and activities are already in full swing. These pictures would be a day in the life and what is going on around the homestead in August. First of all, it was the first day of school for Paige and Dane. Paige starts 9th grade and Dane starts 5th grade. Shali and Jordan also started…
Looking for a way to use up the summer produce from the garden? Scored a good deal on onions and peppers at the farmers market? Let me introduce you to one of my favorite ways to use onions and bell peppers! Fajita vegetable packets! I love fajitas. Love isn’t a strong enough word. Fajitas would be my last meal in prison. Yum! However, I don’t always dig the price of bell peppers in the winter. Talk about sticker shock! One…
This weekend is a prime example of why I usually try to make do with what I have. I did more running this weekend than I ever like to do, just to find three rolls of the kind of fencing I wanted. I was not a happy camper, but I have accepted this part of life.Living in a rural area has its joys. I love the quiet, the openness, the lack of city regulations, the lack of noisy neighbors who…
In my area of Iowa, we are soaked. We get about 2-3 days of rain, 2-3 days of no rain, 2-3 days of rain, and now cooler (than I like) temps. We have rain coming again at the beginning of the weekend. My garden is tilled. Nothing is in it. I have a fence to build around the garden, but the ground is so soft that I don’t think it will stay upright. We have a lot of mowing to…
Photo by my daughter, Jordan The garden is tilled! Now time to start planting and planning some more. I love gardening and all it entails. I am working on making the homestead into a food producing machine. A lot easier said than done, but every year I make progress.What am I going to do this year?1. Plant asparagus and hope it comes back next year. These are second year plants as opposed to the first year plants from last year….
Homesteading is not cheap. It can be done frugally, but at some point, you have to open up your wallet. You need equipment, feed, fencing, coops, hutches, and so on. However, you can minimize your costs or prevent future costs by being proactive. You can also make a little money homesteading if you wish. I want to help you save money and maybe make money homesteading. My goal in life is to save money and help others do the same….