by Lisa Matthews | Jun 2, 2016 | 2016 Spring Gathering, education, gathering, homesteading, sessions |
It’s taken me awhile to get this posted. I am in the middle of changing my regular blog over to a full fledged website, we butchered over 100 chickens, and took a few days and went to visit friends in Alabama, since the day of the Gathering. But on the 14th of...
by Lisa Matthews | May 8, 2016 | 2016 Spring Gathering, education, gathering, green house, growing food, herbs, homesteading, sessions, spring. |
With the 2016 Spring Gathering a week from today, I guess I better get some more introductions made. Not everyone has had time to get me their detailed information, so I will include what I know about them. Jasmine will be presenting information on Growing,...
by Lisa Matthews | Apr 16, 2016 | education, family, gardening, gathering, goats, growing food, herbs, homesteading, lifestyle, planting, rabbits, sessions, spring., Uncategorized |
Plans are coming together for our 2016 Spring Gathering at our homestead on May 14th, 2016. We are very excited to be able to offer educational sessions along with a time to share ideas and experiences with like-minded people. We are planning to run...
by Lisa Matthews | Apr 6, 2016 | dehydrating, DIY, extract, family, garden, gardening, green house, growing food, herbs, homesteading, lifestyle, mint, planting, plants, safety, tea, Uncategorized |
The past week has been another roller coaster around the homestead. We’ve worked in the garden, planted in the greenhouse, begun work on re-doing pens in the barn for the animals, worked in the rapidly growing herb bed, marked our queens in both our bee hives...
by Lisa Matthews | Mar 30, 2016 | advice, balance, Easter, family, green house, homesteading, planting, spring., stress, Uncategorized |
This previous week has been an ever changing series of events. At times I’ve wanted to cry, occasionally I have laughed, and more frequently than my Mama would be proud of, I have cursed! In dealing with a multitude of events, and trying to make sure...
by Lisa Matthews | Feb 15, 2016 | DIY, homesteading, make-it-Monday, quail, Uncategorized |
The latest addition to our farm is a group of these little guys. We have been talking about raising quail again, but hadn’t decided when to do so. I had talked to a friend who will be having Jumbo Brown quail this summer about getting some eggs to hatch,...
