A home with limited living space can be tricky to decorate. Once you add in all your basics, it leaves you with a few choice places where you can situate accent pieces that’ll tie everything together. Thankfully, that’s all you need to make sure these smaller areas feel as pleasant as possible. Here are a few […]

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 […]

If you have ever longed to grow your own fruit, growing grapes is an excellent place to start. Grapes have been cultivated for thousands of years by home gardeners around the world, and you can do it too. They’re easy to grow, and they don’t require you to be an expert gardener or own a […]

Here in Vermont, trees are starting to come out of their winter hibernation as their sap starts to flow from the roots on warmer spring days. The trees stored the sap during the shortened days of autumn. In the early spring, the sap occasionally travels from the roots to the leaf buds awaiting to unfurl. […]

Best Practices to Keep Your Chickens Healthy Owning chickens is becoming more and more widespread; people everywhere are keeping chickens from a small scale back yard to a full-scale business.  Raising chickens is a gratifying experience that brings enrichment, food, and for some a steady stream of income.  They are economical to own, easy to […]

  What is an Aronia Berry? The aronia berry “chokeberry” has become a popular and valuable shrub to add to your landscape. Aronia is a shrub native to the United States. They are called chokeberries because when you eat them, they have an astringent, sweet-tart flavor that makes your mouth dry. They are good neutralizers […]

Help Your Chickens Thrive This Winter Most breeds of chickens are hardy animals. Just like songbirds, they have feathers and a voracious appetite to help keep them warm when the temperatures drop. On our homestead, we choose to raise breeds that are hardy, good layers, and good mothers. Two breeds that we found represent these […]

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 […]

We all work hard  We all work hard trying to keep up the homesteads and producing products, but do we remember to slow down and appreciate life? While it may seem insignificant, a Sunday dinner or an evening movie on tv is an accomplishment for many of us. No matter how you make money on […]

So, you are a crafter? You were able to create something homemade and wonderful, congrats! Now what? How and where do you sell your craft items? There are a few different options such as: online whether through Facebook, Shopify, Etsy, Amazon, eBay, or an online store they are all great option. However, how do you begin […]