*Originally published on 1/17/17 on my old craft blog. Migrated to Two Acres on a Dream on 1/28/18* I wanted to make a scarf for my husband this year. A nice thick and warm scarf, but also one that was a touch decorative. While I settled on a bamboo stitch loom knit scarf, I started out [Continue]
Month: January 2018
6 Tips to Prepare You For Winter With Chickens
Maybe you got your chicks in the spring and raised them with tender loving care. Or maybe you’re like me and got pullets or adults hens that were already laying. You fooled yourself in the spring and summer, thinking this chicken thing was EASY, and then news flash! You need to prepare your chickens for [Continue]
Chicken Predators I Love to Hate
I started the winter with eight hens, and I’m already twice as familiar with chicken predators as I want to be. That’s right. I’m down to six, and my goal for the rest of the winter is to not give any more chicken predators their much sought after dinner. Now I live in a semi-rural [Continue]
I Found a Great Homestead Journal
MorningChores.com published a free homestead journal on their blog this week, and I couldn’t be happier! Since I feel like this is my first year really taking on multiple aspects of actual homesteading, I was looking for a journal to record it all in! Their blog does a really good job describing it, so I’ll [Continue]
2018 Homestead Plan (First Six Months)
I have already seen “homestead goals” posts and annual reviews posts from some of the homestead blogs I follow. It’s the beginning of the year, so I should do a homestead plan too! 2018 is going to rock here on my baby homestead; Dreams and plans take over my mind all day! I really only [Continue]
Curious Deer and Unfinished Homestead Projects
Well, I will never leave an unfinished homestead project out in the open for a curious deer ever again. It really is the only explanation. Hooligan children didn’t do it because….. We don’t have any hooligan children in this rural neighborhood. Anyway, I’m sure you’re wondering, “Didn’t do what?”. Nature gave me this Christmas present [Continue]