What starts as a fun little hobby to try out for the writer at heart can easily turn into something undesirable to do if you allow it. Here’s what I’ve experienced in over one year blogging “for fun”. Why start a blog? For a few years now, I jumped on the Instagram reels train and…
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Why You Need Pantry Staples, including a FREE Printable List
I often get asked how I’m able to make so many recipes at home and the answer is quite simple; albeit, not easy, keep your kitchen stocked with the basic pantry staples needed to make things like bread, cookies, cakes, marinades, dressings, and seasonings. What’s an “ingredients home”? I recently learned some people called it…
How to Decide if it’s Worth Raising Your Own Meat Birds
When it comes to raising your own meat birds to stock our freezer, I often get asked if it is worth it or not. The answer for my family is an emphatic YES but that isn’t the answer for everyone. Read on to find out why we think it is worth raising your own chickens…
How to Use Strawberry Tops for Strawberry Syrup for Zero Waste
Waste not, want not. What do you do with the TOPS of your strawberries? Throw them away? If you have livestock, I’m sure you feed them. Perhaps compost them? Well, friend, here is a new way to use the tops of your strawberries to get the very most out of your berries BEFORE disposing of…
Low Tox Weed Killer for Your Garden and Yard
If you’re not a fan of weeds around your garden beds and you’re most surely not a fan of glyphosate or Round-Up spray, then this recipe may be for you. Check out this 3 ingredient low tox weed killer for around your garden and where needed in your yard and is safe to use around…
Chickcozy Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener Review
Are you a chicken owner who would love to have something more automatic for your flock’s coop door? Something to protect your birds at night and is reliable too? Consider the Chickcozy Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener. Here is my honest review of this product, the great and the concerns. This post contains affiliate links,…
Squeeze Lemons and Your Pennies! How to Recycle Lemons to Stretch Your Grocery Budget
Homemade lemonade takes quite a few lemons to make a deliciously tart and refreshing beverage but is there anything else that can be done with spent lemons? Absolutely there is! Read on to find a few new ways you can stretch and have zero waste from lemons. This post contains affiliate links, which means I…
Reasons Why I love to Repurpose Eggshells for Zero Waste Around the Homestead
If you’ve got laying hens or not, having a close as possible to zero waste kitchen on a homestead is a priority for many homesteaders. Why? Because it teaches us to respect and stretch our resources as far as possible. In this post, you’ll learn a few other ways to use your eggshells to get…
How to Build a Chicken Tractor for Your Meat Birds
Raising your own meat birds in your backyard to process in eight weeks means you will need some sort of protection for them. In this post, you will learn how to build the chicken tractor we have decided works best for our backyard meat birds. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a…
How to Reuse Plastic Seedling Containers Safely
The season is upon us to begin shopping for your garden’s seedlings or perhaps you’re looking to sow your own seeds. Put the peat pots down and let’s chat upcycling seedling containers! This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Johnson Home NC is a…
