Goldenrod is an edible and medicinal wildflower that blooms in late summer to early fall. In the region where I live, it has few real lookalikes, so it is a pretty beginner-friendly plant to forage for.

Are dollar store garden seeds a great value or cheap trash? Let's find out together!

We are living in crazy times! I grew up watching The Twilight Zone, X-Files, Unsolved Mysteries, and that hoaxed Alien Autopsy film that aired back in the 90s. I frequently checked out library books about

Back a few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to add about 6 more sheep to our flock. We bought them from some folks who gave us a pretty good deal on them because they had chronic hoof problems, and one

On my quest to become more self-sufficient, I find myself constantly having to learn new skills and try new things that are sometimes outside of my comfort zone. I have very little mechanical experience.

It seems like this time every year I begin to analyze my priorities and think about how I want to spend my time during the upcoming year. One regret that I have had for the past several years is that I

I have been working lately on getting my garden prepped for planting, and the biggest task by far is going to be keeping the grass and weeds from trying to reclaim their old territory. To accomplish this,

I went to visit my parents recently, and while I was there, I went out to help my dad load up some firewood. There was a large tree that he had cut up and had been meaning to load up into the truck to

*Disclaimer: This post contains content that portrays real life on the homestead. Some images may depict events that could be considered sensitive. Please be advised. An Early Start Now, I know that lots

** Disclaimer: Despite the cuteness overload in the cover photo, there are images near the end of this post dealing with the birthing process that some may find off-putting. My last post featured our three

These are our goats. Well, three out of four of them, anyway. We have to keep our buck, Dale Bob, put up by himself for right now. He's been in rut, so he has a tendency to get a little rough with the

Our first sheep was Selkie. She is the white wool sheep on the left in the picture. We happened upon her for free, and we picked her up more-or-less as a pet. While she has never been cuddly, she tolerates

This #SublimeSunday afternoon got a little busy; but it was the good kind of busy. After taking care of the sheep and goats, i decided to get my chainsaw out and work on clearing out a few more downed

This week's Splinterlands Share Your Battle Challenge is DRAGONS! That means I get to use one of my favorite summoners: Daria Dragonscale. Daria Dragonscale My level 3 Daria Dragonscale is currently the

The Legendary Immortalis* I FINALLY got lucky enough to get a Splinterlands Air Drop! It was the legendary earth summoner, Immortalis, and I actually drew 2 of them! At first, I wasn't all that impressed,

Our Small Flock I spent this afternoon hanging out with the sheep and getting their fences moved. My intention when we got them was to keep them rotating on pasture. That would alleviate the need for feeding

Well, I have figured out one of the reasons why I have been putting so many home projects of: none of them are simple! For example, near the top of my list is to get my barn cleaned out. It has pretty

This year's New Year's Resolution is to make better use of my time. I have found lately that I am spending more and more time doing... I don't even know what! But I have definitely spending less time doing

We just took a huge leap on our homestead. This is something that we've been thinking about for quite a while, now. At first, we thought maybe we wanted to get some cows. However, after some research and