I had been craving a rich, creamy, aromatic, roasted butternut soup for weeks now! I'm in the second trimester of my 5th child and have to respond to these cravings! So I finally had a cold rainy day with

He/she was enjoying a nice snack! Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

Trying to find the beauty in an old mulch pile... kinda like life... Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

​Summer Squash: One of my favorite things to eat but not to grow... Some reasons why; squash bugs (stink bug), squash vine borers (moth larva), and powdery mildew (fungus)... I have grown squash as long

This boy loves doing farm chores on the homestead, especially with his animals! Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

Homestead Mom! I was feeling overwhelmed and frustrated the other night and my anxiety was getting the best of me as it often does lately. I was thinking of all the things I needed to get done over the

Quick Easy Steps To Growing More Elderberry Cutting: You should take your cuttings in early spring when things are just starting to grow again. Or in late fall when plant is going dormant. Look for healthy

5 Simple Steps! Housing: For our brooder, I find a plastic storage tote to be the easiest to set up and keep clean and sanitized for the first week or two depending on how many chicks you are caring for.

Homegrown Food! One of the most self sustainable things you can do on the homestead is grow your own food! Be it meat, milk, eggs or vegetables, they all help the homestead be more self sufficient. Gardening

How To Grow Garlic! Growing garlic is pretty easy! It is a fun crop to add to your garden and doesn't take very much work to grow! If you are anything like me your household goes through a lot of garlic.

A Homesteading Photography Contest has begun thanks to @knowledge-seeker! This weeks theme will be Animals! I chose this peaceful moment between one of our homesteads most recent additions and myself.

This is my Baby Bottle Buckling, Fluffernutter! A Mothers Love! Fluffernutter was the first goat I ever bought as a bottle baby and I am so glad I did! On our farm we allow the dams to raise their kids

BarryTheBee The Adventures of the Traveling Steemit Bumblebee Promoting Pollinators When I was contacted by Barry's mom, @kiaraantonoviche, asking if I would be interested in hosting him I was so excited!

Everyone Needs Ducks! So, like many things on our homestead, we strive to get the most out of everything. We upcycle everything! Reduce, reuse, recycle is pretty much a way of life. We take other peoples

Darkness Creeps In As I lay in bed, drifting off to sleep, my brain takes advantage of my inattention to ramble down a road of thoughts suppressed. It's a path shrouded in darkness, shadows, and pain.

My beautiful girl begging for love! Why? Goats have to be bred in order to have kids. As a goat shepherdess, I like to know exactly when my goats will be kidding so I can be sure to have everything ready

Garden In Fall This asparagus is jammin'! By far, my biggest success of the year in the garden has been my asparagus beds! These were planted this spring and have been acting like they have been here forever!

TO PLANT A GARDEN IS TO BELIEVE IN TOMORROW. - Audrey Hepburn Get Started! We have always strived to be as self-sustaining as possible. We try to grow as much of our own food as we can. There are many

Finally!!! I have grown many, many things in my life! Could not even begin to count how many gardens I have planted and the variety of vegetables I have grown. But ONE thing always gave me trouble when

Preparing for the Worst but Hoping for the BEST! What a whirlwind of activity we have had! Scrambling and hurrying to try to beat the storm! The wind has been fierce all day, some local reports of 30 MPH