New Year, New Me, New Blog

The Sorries Last year got super intense for me. I was really struggling to maintain going to school and the upkeep of a blog. Things have changed. I'm no longer going to school--and yes dear reader, you are the first to be told that aside from Guy. I haven't even told my mom yet (oops). …

Re-Aligning the Blog

You mgiht have noticed that this blog has been a little bit more involved with say chickens and being on the farm than it has been with living frugally and foraging. I am hoping to get back into both of these things, but for the moment everything seems to just be chickens. But this blog …

Ayam Cemanis Do NOT Lay Black Eggs

I mean, I suppose it's not my monkeys, not my circus--but I kind of feel like because we actually do raise these chickens, and have seven of them to date, they might be my monkeys, or maybe I'm selling peanuts at the circus--I'm not really sure where the metaphor goes from here.

Why Welsh Autumns Are the Best

I found this from before I started my foraging blog, and I think this was one of the inspirations to get it going. I thought it would be fun to share it on here, to see where this mess all started.

Pure Breed Auction: So Many Eggs

Ever think that your hobby might become a problem. I think that we're at that point, though I'm not sure that's going to deterr us from collecting chickens.

Getting Motivated

Winters are for Hibernation. Does homesteading not understand that?

Does That Make Me a Grandmother?

Last year we started our journey into the world of breeding chickens. We started by hatching our own clutch (two links provided to two different posts). Of our first hatch, we only have a few left, including only two Silkies. Anyway, our Silkie lady started laying in December. I was so thrilled! Her third egg, …

Parsnip Bread

Initially when I was outlining and writing out this blog post while the bread was in the oven, I smuggly captioned this section, 'Need I say more?'

Wonderbox Publishing — Scribing English All Over The Place

This is a cross-promotion post from my other blog. I know, nothing to do with foraging or homesteading, but it does have to do with me, and my ultimate goal of writing. Have a look, check out the kickstarter, and maybe give it a share? Thanks friends! The last week has been pretty productive, though …

Ideas Ideas

Forager Chef posted this gem. And we have some quail eggs in the incubator as well. Drat! I see a lot of people in the Midwest say they’re excited about Spring and mention things like peas. I think what we really should be talking about are stinging and wood nettles, the real first Spring vegetables …