We’re turning part of our lawn into a vegetable garden. Blessed with a large, relatively flat backyard (and there’s no front yard to speak of; it’s mostly trees and very shaded) we decided to utilize some of the land for growing tomatoes, peppers, squash and melons this year. The area used as a garden by [...]
I’ve never tried keeping bees on my own, but have thought about beginning beekeeping for some time. Local honey is incredibly beneficial nutritionally speaking, not to mention delicious. Additionally, I would be able to harvest honey from my own hives without heating it (raw honey has the most benefits). However, we’ve lived within a homeowners’ [...]
We’ve progressed tremendously on our debt snowball since I first posted about using the debt snowball method to get out of debt. When we started using this method to pay off debt (very important for living a frugal, homesteading lifestyle), we owed more than $44,000 to banks, credit card companies, private student loans and a [...]
Many Americans are turning to gardening as a way to raise some of their own food over the summer and ease the strain of high grocery prices, which are affecting more and more families on tight budgets. Candace at Garden of Blessings suggests Gardening for Snowflakes, which those clued in to the Snowflake idea recognize [...]
I found these lovely tiger lilies growing wild along the road and brought them home. Tiger lilies grow abundantly around here, but I don’t have any on our property. I thought they really brightened the counter, and they stayed lovely for several days. These bright white lilies were salvaged from a days-old flower arrangement that [...]
Curious about good work from home jobs, and whether there’s a good fit for you? In this technological age, we’re lucky to have countless work from home job opportunities and online money makers for many entrepreneurs, writers and design experts. On the other hand, “old-fashioned” ways of earning extra money, such as tending an orchard [...]
I began a container garden last month, and was dismayed to realize once the foliage came in for real, I have almost no sun in my yard. This is our first spring in our home, and I was hoping for the best. Then, as fortune would have it, I noticed my neighbor has a huge [...]
