…a post with the new gardener in mind. When I first started growing tomatoes, I thought a tomato was simply a red fruited vine that one planted in the summer. It wasn’t until I gained momentum and little bit more … Continue reading
Welcome back to the HomeAcre Hop! Your hosts are: Ann from Summers Acres Carol from Everything Home with Carol Lisa Lynn from The Self Sufficient HomeAcre and me! We’d love to stay in touch! A follow on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, … Continue reading
The HomeAcre Hop Has a New Co-host! Help us give a warm welcome to Ann from Summers Acres! We’re so excited to have Ann joining us and making our hop even better than before. Please be sure to stop by … Continue reading
Month six began with our first Farmer’s Market meeting. In addition to growing and selling wholesale to a local co-op; we decided to try our hand at the Farmer’s Market as well. We were encouraged. We had the opportunity to … Continue reading
Welcome back to another week of The HomeAcre Hop! Your hosts are: Lisa Lynn from The Self Sufficient HomeAcre Carol from Everything Home with Carol and me! We’d love to stay in touch! A follow on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Etsy, … Continue reading
The Untrained Housewife’s Guide to Getting Prepared: Surviving Emergencies Without Stress By Robin Egerton and Angela England 176 pages ISBN: 0615777082 *** Everyone remembers the Y2K scare. I can recall numerous individuals who stockpiled toilet paper, ammo, dehydrated carrots, … Continue reading
Welcome Back to The HomeAcre Hop! Here’s your list of hosts! Lisa Lynn from The Self Sufficient HomeAcre Carol from Everything Home with Carol …and me! If you could give us each a follow somehow, either by Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, … Continue reading
While the official first day of summer is still some weeks away, Tax Day is the start of the warm weather growing season in our zone. In spite of a lingering winter and the warm weather taking it’s time to … Continue reading
Good morning and welcome back to The HomeAcre Hop! We’ve had a breezy week here on our homestead, one that started off with a cold snap and gave us a bit of a scare for some of our crops that … Continue reading
This post is not meant to be read as a tutorial, or as info handed down from an expert. In fact a more appropriate title for this little piece would be “What I Am Learning About Windbreaks.” because this … Continue reading
Good evening! The weather here over the past few days has started to warm up, which makes me happy. Last fall, I planted some daffodils around the edge of our pond, and although the sod hasn’t grown back after our … Continue reading
Lisa, from The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, and I are thrilled to announce this great giveaway today! Mary from Back to the Basics and Mary’s Kitchen is sharing a great selection of heirloom seeds from her very own catalog with one … Continue reading
Plowing with Pigs and Other Creative, Low-Budget Homesteading Solutions by Oscar H. Will III & Karen K. Will Paperback: 272 pages New Society Publishers, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-86571-717-6 The arrival of Plowing with Pigs could not have been better timed. Just … Continue reading
The fourth month on our homestead will be The Pivotal Month on which things took a significant turn for us ~ but more on that in a minute. First off here are some of the highlights: Major additions to the … Continue reading