You may have toyed with the idea of homesteading with your own gardens and animals. You’ve seen Chip and Joanna’s chicken coop and felt pangs of envy or pictured your own farm to table dinner party. How do you even begin to make this happen though, especially if you’ve been a city dweller all your life? I’ll give you the… View Post
Homesteading is about trying to make your home work for you by producing vegetables, meat, or products. This sounds great in theory, however it can and often does require extra funds from you to help you create this dream. Especially when you are just starting out or if you want to upgrade. Fences, coops, wells, plumbing, vet bills, home repairs… View Post
Emergency Preparedness. It’s kind of a heavy topic but is your homestead prepared for an emergency? I’m not talking about apocalyptic emergencies, a-la EMP or pandemic, but rather the everyday kind that can strike when you least expect it. Many people stress over what they would do during a major disaster event. But in reality, something like a sick family… View Post
This post condenses some of my favorite parenting books into 11 basic ideas as a kickstart when your parenting needs a boost. Sometimes, in the midst of parenting and work plus general ‘life chaos’, we feel like we hardly have time to sit down, let alone read more books on how to keep up and manage the chaos in our… View Post
Parenting books line the shelves of every bookstore- some helpful and others lacking in anything useful. As our first baby became a toddler, I was drawn to the idea of Positive Parenting as a natural extension from our attachment parenting days with him as a baby. I also love that the ideas of Positive Parenting are grounded in science… View Post