Do you have fruit trees and hate to spray them with commercial chemicals? I’m with you! So today I thought I’d share with you an old Amish way to naturally keep the codling moth from destroyi...
I love my free range chickens but I also like having pretty pots overflowing with beautiful flowers. Today I’m going to share with you the ways I keep my chickens from pecking and or dust bathi...
Do you head to the local greenhouse and see all the beautiful blooms just to be overwhelmed with buyings pots and dirt to put them in? Well I have an easy way to avoid all that. All you need to d...
Here in Michigan spring is a little early this year, or maybe it’s just teasing me with the warmer temps. Either way I decided to make use of it and extend my cool growing season with this nift...
I know I’ve been away for a long while. I just didn’t have much content to share until now. (Beware bad photo day it was raining) My dream of having a greenhouse again came true. We’ve live...
I’ve conducted a little experiment after going through my spring seed stash and finding very old, 15 year old, zinnia seeds. The question I had is, Will They Germinate and Bloom? The answer i...
It’s early this year but the onions are ready to come out of the ground and be stored for winter. It’s all about the timing when it comes to onions. I did manage to get them in the ground ear...
It’s clearance time in the greenhouses in my neck of the woods and I’ve decided to make a medicinal tea garden in the stock tank. I had my garlic planted here last fall and it’s since been ...
As promised (a while back) I’d share with you the few changes I made to the front porch seating are using garage sale and thrifted things outside my comfort zone. When I say outside my comfort ...
What is a Tincture you ask? Well according to the dictionary Tinctures are concentrated herbal extracts made by soaking the bark, berries, leaves (dried or fresh), or roots from one or more plant...