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

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,

With the ever-increasing prices of store-bought eggs it was time to do some research on dehydrating some. Our stores in western, New York have increased the egg price from springtime @ $1.29 a dozen to

This is my entry for the #monomad challenge curated by @monochromes today. Yesterday afternoon I went back around the small forest area to look for small insect objects that play in this forest area,

Homesteading life and wildlife watching

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

Here's a post for our garden journal. It's a hot January again is Soz.

** 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

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

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

Big things are on the horizon at Sustainably Yours Homestead! Big things that are going to require a bit of new infrastructure. I am a big fan of trying to keep things as natural as possible, so I have

Well, I must have blinked A LOT! I have to admit: I counted my chickens before they hatched, too. I saw that my Yodin was up against a level 1 Kelya, and I immediately hit 'Skip to Results'. But, to my