Welcome to my April edition of Currently! Don’t know what Currently is? It is where I share what is “currently” happening in our lives using 5 curated prompts by Anne in Residence. Showering~ my homestead with love by doing some spring cleaning! I tried to start that in March when my kids were on spring…
It’s spring time finally and what better way to perk up your day than with a slice of sweet and tart lemon poppyseed loaf? I love just about anything made with lemons don’t you? That tangy sour fruit tamed down in a bread flecked with little pops of black poppyseed? I love sitting down in…
Nature provides some amazing spring decorating options doesn’t it? And if you’re environmentally conscious or simply inspired by the outdoors (especially when it is supposed to be spring and there’s still a foot of snow on the ground! Anyone else feel my pain?!) there’s nothing better than bringing a bit of it indoors. I mean,…
Easter egg dying is a tradition in many households. It’s a fun and creative craft that the whole family can enjoy. And depending on how you cook your eggs, they can be enjoyed for days as both a decoration and a snack. Instead of using artificial colors and chemical dyes this year for your Easter…
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…
April’s showers bring May’s flowers… Isn’t that how the old nursery rhyme goes? Well, I can sure agree with that statement this year! We have had so many rainy days this April and sometimes I let my kids just veg on their iPods or watch t.v. But just because it’s raining outside doesn’t mean you…
Our planet’s most precious resource is water. Over 70 percent of our earth’s surface is covered in water with 97.5 percent of that being salt water. Less than 3 percent of the earth’s water is defined as fresh water and only 3/1000 of this is either too deep in the earth to retrieve or locked…
Since our Spring Break (which starts next week) looks like it’ll be a little very wet and challenging to do things outside, I’ve been working on some fun things to do inside (maybe they will even learn a little too!). School may be out, but science experiments are still fun – especially when you can…
A couple weeks ago I shared with you my favorite homesteading/farming/gardening books. Today, continuing in the same vein, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite farming videos. Now, some of these videos are longer, feature length, films but they weren’t big box office hits. They are small independent films and I just…
So, this is our third year on our property and therefore the third year of our gardens life. You can check out last years garden HERE and the first year HERE. Every year it gets better and better and every year I tell myself I am going to stay on top of the weed situation…