Advice for Beginning Gardeners
Becoming a successful gardener is a skill that comes with a lot of practice and a healthy dose of trial and error. If you’re new to...
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Welcome to our blog! Here you’ll find tips and tricks, lessons, and skills you’ll need to manage a homestead. Whether you’re new to this lifestyle (like we are) or you’ve been doing it for years we hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
We invite you to comment often on our posts and encourage you all to make this a community space where everyone is valued and everyone can learn.
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- 6 days ago
- 3 min
February Tasks for the Colorado Gardener
For Colorado Gardeners, February brings unpredictable weather that can try the patience of even the most imperturbable of gardeners. Our...
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- Jan 25
- 3 min
Why Should You Raise Chickens?
Are you thinking of getting chickens for the first time this year? That’s wonderful. There’s a lot to love about raising chickens. Before...
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- Jan 22
- 7 min
How to Plan a Garden
Whether you’re starting a garden for the first time, or you’ve been gardening for years, every good garden starts with a plan! However,...
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- Jan 18
- 3 min
How to Feed Eggshells to Your Chickens
Wait. Why exactly would I feed my chickens eggshells? I’m glad you asked! Chickens need calcium for healthy bones (just like humans,) and...
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- Jan 9
- 5 min
Preventing and Treating Frostbite in Chickens
A lot of the country has been experiencing below-average temperatures this winter. Even places that don’t normally freeze have been...
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- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
DIY Fire Starters
This year, we’ve started a new tradition of giving only handmade gifts to family and friends. We have a large family, and in years past...
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- Dec 15, 2022
- 4 min
Homemade Kitchen Cough Syrup
Did you know that you can make a quick easy cough syrup in less than 5 minutes from ingredients you already have in your kitchen pantry?...
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- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
DIY Firewood Tote
If you use a wood stove or fireplace to heat your home in the winter, a firewood tote is essential. For us, we have wood stacked on the...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
DIY Chicken Treat Ornaments
Tis’ the season to “peck the halls” and no self-respecting homesteader can consider the halls officially decked until the coop is...
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- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Simplest DIY Chicken Water Heater
It's that time of year again when temperatures at night dip well below freezing, and we are fast approaching a time when even the daytime...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Wild Mountain Fire Cider With Osha and Juniper Berries
Fire Cider is a traditional folk remedy made with herbs and apple cider vinegar. It’s a potent tonic used for generations as a remedy to...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 8 min
Preparing the Homestead for Winter Weather
Oh my, Spring, Summer, Fall, they all went by in a blur and it’s (probably beyond) time to prepare the homestead for winter weather. The...
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- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
How to Make Squash Flour
We had a prolific squash and zucchini harvest this year. We spent days and days eating it with every meal and when that got old, I...
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- Sep 13, 2022
- 8 min
10 Ways to Protect Your Plants From an Early Frost
You can feel it in the air as soon as the sun goes down, that light nip urging you to give up on the tank tops of summer and opt for...
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- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
How to Make Wild Chokecherry Syrup
Growing up, wild chokecherry jam and syrup were a staple in our home. Every year, late in the summer the whole family could be found down...
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- Aug 25, 2022
- 4 min
How to Ripen Green Tomatoes Indoors
Tomatoes are one of my favorite fruits (yes, tomatoes are fruits) to grow and eat so this year we have a total of 13 tomato plants in the...
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- Aug 21, 2022
- 12 min
15 Ways You Can Become More Self Sufficient Today
The term ‘self-sufficient’ has been floating around for years, but as we’ve all watched the world descend farther and farther into chaos,...
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- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
July Planting in the Colorado Garden
For many Colorado gardeners, the summer garden is finally in full bloom, the first harvests have started, the pest problems are ramping...
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- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Southwest Beef and Squash With Corn
As the harvest season starts, few things are as plentiful as squash. At this point, we are collecting 2 or 3 per day from our plants, and...
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