DiyGarden, Author at Our DIY Homestead

Chicken Does the Body and the Wallet Good

By - DiyGarden
Posted on February 14, 2020February 11, 2020

To me there is nothing easier and more economical to cook with then a whole chicken. Unfortunately, a lot of us have gotten away from cooking with whole chicken because of time and lack of knowledge of what to do with it. I hope to prove to you that it’s easy to cook a whole

Joys of Our Backyard Chickens

By - DiyGarden
Posted on February 11, 2020February 3, 2020

Today I’d like to talk to ya’ll about our backyard chickens. We have been asked “Why do you have chickens?” One of the reasons of course is getting fresh eggs every day. Also, we really enjoy sitting on the back deck and watching them in their yard. They are a blast because they are so

How Old is an Old Seed?

By - DiyGarden
Posted on February 4, 2020January 28, 2020

So I had some old Italian Flat leaf Parsley and Genovese Basil herb seeds sitting around and I wanted to try them in our hydroponic system to see if see if I could get them to germinate. I waited two weeks and saw nothing so into the trash bin they went but it started me

Honey from Our Own Backyard

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 31, 2020January 29, 2020

We Become Beekeepers Four years ago we decided to get a couple of bee hives and have some honeybees. I had met a couple of people around the area that had them and were keeping them in their backyards, so I knew we could have them too. We had been talking about getting honey bees

January Backyard Honeybees Upkeep

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020

I want to share some things with you that we will be doing with our honeybees every month in order to keep the hives healthy and thriving. Let me tell you a little about our set up. We live in Ft. Worth Texas on a little ½ acre lot. Our winter season is shorter than

Water Not Only Good for the Garden but Good for the Body

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 24, 2020January 20, 2020

We all know how important it is to drink water but if you are anything like me it is so easy to forget to get enough of it to drink throughout the day. But there can be some dangerous consequences if one isn’t mindful of keeping hydrated especially with water. Below let’s look at some

Weather & Gardening

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 20, 2020January 19, 2020

Weather Phenomenon… If you have been paying attention to the weather over the last few years you are aware of the weather issues that the United States has endured. One coast floods and the other coast has forest fires with the Midwest farmers facing problems feeding their livestock and planting crops. You might ask yourself

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