Expanding Your Home Outdoors Homesteading requires creativity and ingenuity. In the depths of winter, I often find myself dreaming of days and evenings enjoyed outside. On our homestead, we have discovered opportunities to expand our living spaces by creating private areas outdoors as well as creatively using outbuildings. Wintertime is the perfect time to plan […]

Are you interested in buying a homestead in a historic district? Something unique, a style you can’t find anywhere else? Older properties are tempting, and a good investment can lead to significant future benefits. Whether you’ve bought the home or you’re still looking, discover what to do to protect your financial future.

Permaculture design can be used to create beautiful, productive, and regenerative ecosystems. However, it requires a good deal of planning, knowledge, and training to do it right. Here are five permaculture design mistakes to avoid. What is Permaculture Design? Permaculture design is a type of design which creates functional and efficient garden spaces. It takes […]

You want to be a blogger or a writer? You want to be a blogger or a writer? After beginning the adventure in blogging which quickly turned into writing articles for magazine companies I began to realize how many people have the same desire. I am often asked how to get started into this blogging/writing […]

The seed catalogs are coming in. Last night I enjoyed a cup of tea and a good look through the Seed Savers catalog, one of my favorite seed companies. Seed Savers isn’t just my favorite because of all of the amazing seeds that they offer, but also because their non-profit business plan is amazing! To […]

Finding a genuine work-at-home job is a challenging task for many parents especially when most of the job listings are associated with online scams. However, with increased technology and the need to reduce the hustle and bustle associated with office jobs, today we have millions of genuine jobs that parents can work remotely. For instance, […]

We all wish that we could go back to our younger selves and give some advice. For example, I’d like to tell my 20-year-old self to get married sooner, have kids younger and save more. Although we can’t go back in time, we can learn from those who have lived before us, and who have […]

The key to any business is having a quality product that not only you believe in but your customers do as well. When you have a great product it truly begins to sell itself with enough time and happy clients. Customers love to rave about a new, amazing product that they found. This does not […]

Healthy Chickens=Healthy Profits Healthy chickens result from careful planning. Your happy hens will lay eggs regularly which you can turn around and sell for profit. Following are the practices we implement in our flock to encourage optimal health in order to produce the most amount of eggs. Ways to save money It can be easy […]

Learning to say No While seemingly simple in theory it may become one of the hardest things you should learn to do, just say NO. When you first begin a business, it appears you want to please everyone no matter what it takes. Even when it cost either more time or money than it should. […]