The awesome worksheets in this printable vegetable garden planner will help you keep track of everything you need to remember! I don't know about you but I am always keeping notes when it comes to gardening. How many bean plants did I put in last year? What variety of carrots did we enjoy so much 2 years ago? Which type of lettuce bolted so quickly 3 years ago? Now, I've got some … [Read more...]
Grow Enough Food for a Year
Ever wondered how to grow enough food for a year? We've got you covered! Our BEST SELLING book to grow your own food is on SALE this weekend only! Grab it today and save BIG! Grocery store prices continue to climb and having a backyard garden where you can grow some of your own food is becoming more and more important every year. And it is possible to grow a year's … [Read more...]
8 Pounds in 8 Weeks: Raising Day Old Chicks for the Dinner Table
Ever wondered about raising some of your own meat? We find the chickens we raise taste so much better than the watery chicken we have bought at the grocery store. Once we started raising a few birds every year, we were convinced raising our own chicks for meat was the way to go. Filling the freezer is pretty easy and it only takes 8 weeks from start to finish. Now, almost … [Read more...]
Cooking with Dandelions (Dandelion Recipes)
Have you ever cooked with dandelions before? This post covers a collection of Dandelion Recipes that are a great way to utilize the plant. There's even an EBook with even more information and lots of recipes you can't find on the site! Gone are the days of treating dandelions like a pesky weed to get rid of. Now you can put these plants to use in your cooking! Dandelion roots, flowers, and leaves … [Read more...]
Saskatoon Raspberry Wine – Our eBook
If you enjoy a nice glass of homemade wine, you will want to try this Berry Wine. We made it with Saskatoon berries (native to parts of Canada) and Raspberries, which we grew in the garden. You can use a mix of any types of berries for this. We often mix 4 different types of berries and call it a Bumbleberry Wine. We enjoy this wine so much we wrote an eBook with the recipe and process for … [Read more...]
How to Make Your Own Hanging Chicken Feeder – eBook
When we were getting ready to bring home our first laying hens, we were looking at chicken feeders and waterers at our local feed store. The feeder they had there had a price tag of $50, which seemed awfully high to us. Graham took a good look at them and thought he could easily build one for our hens. So we went home and started looking around for materials we could use. … [Read more...]
15 Things to Know About Living in the Country
Thinking of making a move to your dream piece of property? Here are 15 things to know about living in the country! Want a half acre just outside of town where you can have more space to raise your kids and grow some of your own food? Or like us, maybe you have an itch to get way out into the country where you can do your own thing and not have to concern yourself … [Read more...]
A Prepper’s Handbook
If you are new to the idea of Preparedness, there can be a lot to learn. There are all kinds of levels of Preparedness, from the small (having 3 days of emergency water on hand) to the medium (having a well stocked Pantry with a few months worth of food) to the large (having a few years of food on hand) to the extreme (building a panic room fully equipped with gas masks, weapons and enough … [Read more...]