Road closures, 70+ mph winds, snow drifts taller than a car, and blizzards. That's how we do spring in Wyoming. Yes, while the rest of the country enjoys their tulips and plants first seeds in the garden, we Wyomingites celebrate the increasing daylight hours with snow shovels in hand. Lest you think I'm complaining, I'm not. As I've said before, I love living in a place with seasons (although sometimes I do get a wee bit jealous ...Continue Reading
Archives for March 2016
50+ Ways to Use Extra Eggs
Big eggs, little eggs, brown eggs, blue eggs... That was my best attempt at a Dr. Seuss impression... But yeah, my life can be summed up by a single word at the moment: EGGS. The ducks are laying, the chickens are laying, I have eggs in the incubator (ready to hatch this week... eeek!), eggs on my counter, eggs in the basket, eggs falling out of my fridge. I'm drowning in eggs. I'm giving them away, and we're ...Continue Reading
Simple DIY Seed Starting System
Spring air smells like possibility. Don't you think? There's just something about the lengthening daylight and the scent of fragile green grass wafting through the air on a sunny spring afternoon that gives me goosebumps. So many possibilities. So many projects. So many ideas and dreams floating through my head. It's the homesteading equivalent of a blank slate. It makes me feel like a brand-new homesteader with stars in ...Continue Reading
My Blogging Story
Pretty much never. That's about how often I talk about blogging here on the blog. Why? Well, because I know you come here to read about chickens and mason jars, not Wordpress and HTML. But to be perfectly honest, blogging is a big part of my life, and it consumes just as much time as my milk cows and deep mulch garden, in fact. I just keep that part of my life a little quieter. However, many of you have been sending me emails ...Continue Reading