The Animals Blogs

Prepping for the spring garden begins in the fall.  [Prepping_the_garden_for_spring.PNG] Your garden soil has served you well all season and now it needs time for it to rest and to rejuvenate and we can help it with both.  First, let’s not disturb i

Preparing the garden for spring starts in the fall. [Prepping_garden_for_winter.jpg] It’s that time of year again where we prepare for winter and, because I’m a gardener now, that includes taking care of my gardens.  I use to just leave them and let

Organic wheat berries make nutrient-rich salad and flour [Wheat_berries_salad.jpg] My Wheat Berries  I recently purchased a large bucket of organic wheat berries, with the intention of: 1. using it instead of rice and  2. grinding it into flour for

Frost has arrived and there are a lot of green tomatoes… but you don’t have time to can them. [FC032FB9-E01C-495D-B483-05F03EB586E8.png] I have all of these green tomatoes but I also have a long list of things to do and I don’t want to spend the day

Well, I’d say that I have finally made this biscuit recipe work for me and this last batch was so good that I’m now thinking about how I can adapt it.  The Basic Recipe • 1 c flour • 2 tsp baking powder • 1/8 tsp baking soda • 1/2 tsp salt • 1/3 c la

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Preserving milk before it goes bad My mom had some milk that she wasn’t going to use up, so I freeze-dried it!  How to freeze-dry milk • I poured the milk onto trays (with the trays already in the freezer) and let it freeze. I could have put it dire

After one year of using a Hoophouse, I learned a lot about what to do with and what to expect from a Hoophouse / greenhouse. Thanks [5137C36F-EF1B-4D8F-825D-8B310DBC4F92.jpeg] Back in May of this year, little did I know that this would be my best gar

How fortunate we are that, while we work towards living our homesteading lifestyle, remembering the old ways, we also have access to modern perks, such as the internet and medical supports. Today, Rick is having his first cataract eye surgery and, al

I grew up in a rural community and, for the most part, have lived in this region my entire life.  The local fair, that takes place every year at Thanksgiving (Canada’s), has been a must-do for the local community.  When I was young, we had a single

It’s October 9th, and I had the morning free so I harvested the beans on the trellises. They weren’t completely ripe, let alone dry, but, the weather has been frosty and it is not warming back up. I had enough beans for a meal. Now, what to do with t