Before starting on any garden adventures, I feel it is very important to get inspired and informed. And although the internet has nearly infinite sources or information I personally enjoy learning things by reading my favourite informative books and I have a feeling that you do too. Plus, if you are in the midst of an…
Failure is such a harsh word, isn’t it? But, sometimes it feels like we are failures at this whole homesteading thing. Just this past year we have struggled with: A garden that was, shall we say, severely lacking in real vegetable growth. Losing most of our outdoor animals. We lost our ducks and then most…
If you’ve been around here very long, you may be wondering, “is this a cat homestead?” Honestly, sometimes I wonder that myself! Just last week I told you about our cat Izzy having kittens and now I’m sharing another “new” cat? Here, let me explain a few things. First off, this post has been sitting in…
Warning! Pictures of cute kittens and kids ahead! I can not believe summer is already half over! Can you? Time sure does fly, and on that note, I have to share with you the latest addition to our homestead, four sweet little kittens! Last year, you may remember, we got our cat Isabelle (Izzy for…
Kids of all ages â and quite a few grownups â enjoy meeting the local wildlife, and summer is a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with some furry four-legged friends. An afternoon at the zoo or a walk through a nearby preserve not only gives everyone a chance to see the…
Maybe you have heard the term “essential oils” but didn’t know what was meant by it. Perhaps you had a vague idea that it was connected in some way with aromatherapy, but didn’t know how. Now is as good a time as any to learn what essential oils are. What Are Essential Oils? Essential oils…
Life around our little homestead has been busy, to say the least! I had planned to share this updated video tour of our homestead awhile ago, but then Christmas and New Years chaos ensued, so the sharing of this tour just didn’t happen until now. I planned to share this updated video tour of our homestead…
This past week and weekend were a bit sad around the just dabbling homestead as we unfortunately lost our ducks. đ We believe it was a bobcat who found a semi easy food source and decided to go on a killing spree. One of the males got attacked last Wednesday or Thursday, so we attempted to…
As I was going through my archives the other day and I was adding stuff to our Farm/Animals page, I realized that a very important someone was missing. I decided to remedy that by sharing with you today a little about our girl, Stella.
This is Isabelle, or Izzy for short. She is the newest member of the family. Isn’t she cute?!! We are all enjoying watching her cute kitten antics like playing with the shoes, coming in close for snuggles, planning her attack on our feet as we walk by and all sorts of other kitten shenanigans. Although…