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5 Organic Soil Amendments for the Medicinal Garden

Spring is in the air, and while it’s still too early for many of us to plant, it is the perfect time to consider soil amendments to help...

Prepping Your Flock For Spring

As the snow melts, the days get longer, and shoots of green emerge from the earth, there's no denying that spring has finally sprung....

10 Things To Do On The Homestead In September

Oh, Autumn…how I’ve missed you. I’ve officially decided that fall is the season of my soul. Yes, summer has sunkissed days, but the heat...

12 Best Herbs for Chicken Health

Whether you’re new to flock tending or you’ve been raising chickens for years, you may be surprised that just as they can improve our...

8 Tips For Planting For a Fall Harvest

Summer feels like the busy season in the garden. Tomatoes, squash, and other summer-loving plants are in overdrive, and sometimes,...

What I’ve Learned after 3 Years of Growing Our Own Food

Since our move back to Colorado in 2019, I've been cultivating a garden. However, only when we settled on our homestead in 2021 did I...

Wild Harvest: 5 Tips for Beginner Foragers

Foraging is a wonderful pastime that connects you with nature while allowing you to tune in to something ancient and primal within...

Tending to Your Flocks Summer Needs

For most of the US, even though summer is still a few days away, the heat is already here. That means it’s time to discuss tending to...

Natural Pest Control in the Garden

It only takes garden pests a few days to decimate a garden completely and few things are more disheartening to a gardener. The reality is...