Fall is my favourite time of year. I long for the changing of the seasons, but I don't like knowing I will be cooped up inside for months on end. My bare feet belong on the earth and wearing shoes isn't my idea of a good

I kind of blanked on my monthly homestead updates, the summer months always seem to get away from me. My days throughout July and August are a quick paced mashup of early morning and late nights, endless laundry piles, baking bread daily, a million snacks and meals for the kids.

The flip flop of spring this year has me feeling ahead and behind at the exact same time. I finally managed to get into the garden and clean it up and prune some bushes but I still need to fertilize my fruit trees and prep the garden for planting. I

We haven’t had much of a winter and at first thought I was like “Yes, I’ll take it!” But then I got thinking, what kind of effect will this non existent winter have on everything? Will this years garden season be all wonky like last years? Last spring

Now is the time I start planning my garden for the upcoming season. Usually we're knee deep in snow and I am looking for any way to get a little sunshine and happiness in my life. This winter has been very mild so far though and we currently