Homesteading

Gardening To Build A Community   Before starting up A Chick And Her Garden, I had my garden going, my chickens out back, and a simple life attitude.  Living a more …

Sweet Beet Pickled Eggs Fall molting is over and Winter Solstice is past, which means the days are getting longer.   It’s coming friends! We’ll have Spring soon, I can …

Organizing The Garden Plans I have been known to be a serious over thinker!  Planning the garden has not been an exception to that rule! What usually ends up happening …

Where Are My Eggs Going?? For the past few years, we have followed a pattern of haphazardly collecting eggs and selling them when we have “eggcess.”  (Sorry, I had to!) …

Homemade Fruit Roll Ups In The Dehydrator I think my family is really starting to get me!  No, I don’t mean that they want me to bring over some hens …

Whiskey Apple Smoked Pork This year for Christmas, Nick had an unexpected request.  He wanted a smoker.  I know, that doesn’t sound odd, but Hubby is not one for cooking. …