How To Care For Your Chickens In Winter
Learn how to care for chickens in cold winter weather. I discuss if you should heat your coop, how to stop water from freezing, what to feed
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Apothecary Poison Bottles, For Use in Witch's Brew
You can make these Halloween Poison Bottles from items you probably already have. Recycled glass bottles, old buttons, small Halloween decor
How To Make A Skeleton Hand with Quill
Make this jointed, posable skeleton hand out of polymer clay and wire. I take you step by step to create the fingers and hand. This creepy..
Early Autumn Brings a Change of Pace
The freezer is quickly filling with the last treasures that the garden will produce. I think it's going to be an early end to tomato season. The plants produced a ton of fruit all at once, and are already dying...
How To Make a Crooked Witch Hat
Create your own decorative ragged witch's hat from burlap, twine and some glue. This makes a perfect Halloween decoration or Sorting Hat...
Crochet Sunflower Trivet
The sunflower is my favorite flower. Our field of sunflowers are just starting to open. For those of you who are local, we will begin U-Pick usually in late July or early August! Come watch the sunset in our sunflower...
Mock Apple Pie with Secret Ingredient: Zucchini
Mock Apple Pie uses zucchini instead of apples. This recipe helps to use up extra zucchini from the garden.
Why Are My Chickens Loosing Feathers? (Molting)
Our older chickens look rather sad this time of year. At the end of summer I find feathers collecting in the corners of the coop and stuck to the chicken wire in the run. Just like the trees shed their...
Basic, Easy Pie Crust
I used to hate...loathe...despise making pie crust. I felt like of all the things I made in our kitchen, pie crust was the most ambiguous and temperamental. I'm not a big fan of measuring things. Which is why I enjoy...
Harvesting Capped Honey Frames
This year has turned out to be one of the best for honey flow since we started beekeeping in 2012. Of our 4 colonies, we've nick-named our eastern hive "The Beast"! This hive is very sassy, but incredibly successful. It...
