Raising meat birds is an excellent way to take control of the food that ends up on your family’s table. Whether you want birds that will lay eggs and provide…
Canning Blueberries and Blueberry Pie Filling
One of my favorite summertime activities is taking the family blueberry picking. We carry our old ice cream buckets or baskets to the blueberry bushes and pick as many as…
Making Sourdough Bread: How to Get Started
Sourdough bread is one of the oldest and most well-loved leavened breads. Making sourdough bread and sourdough bread starter does not require the use of any commercial yeast. Instead, it…
Bits of Wisdom | The Word of God is Not Oppressive
Note: Bits of Wisdom posts are normally posts taken from my social media accounts and placed here to reference back to easily. Click on the “Bits of Wisdom” tag to…
16 Sick Chicken Symptoms & Sick Chicken Treatments
As a backyard chicken keeper, it is important to be aware of common sick chicken symptoms and sick chicken treatment. Many symptoms of illness in chickens also double as normal…
Bits of Wisdom | “Better Than Me”
Three separate (and very different) things happened over the last few days that, as parents, we got to use as learning opportunities. Three separate situations where someone assumed that someone…