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Learning About the Chicken Chores

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 29, 2023December 29, 2023

Learning about the chicken chores, it’s funny how 14 cute little chickens can take up so much time and attention. That is exactly what our hens are doing with Ron and I. They are close to the house, maybe to close but I can enjoy them from the living room window so I’m ok with

Adding Aloe Vera to the Chicken Yard

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023

I have a project that we are working toward setting up in the Spring. Setting up a food forest for our chickens. Planting grains and seeds in their yard. We also have some of our orchard in the yard, it will offer shade to the other plants plus the chickens. I want other greens such

The Tale of Two Gates Leading to the Chickens

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 14, 2023December 14, 2023

In the beginning we didn’t realize what two gates would do for us or our chickens. Like I mentioned in an earlier blog, you can check it out here. We really wanted to free range our chickens however, not all of our property is fenced and every neighbor has dogs and they don’t always stay

Learning How To Water Glass Eggs

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

Chickens and Eggs You might be wondering why I’m talking about water glassing eggs right now. It’s late fall and most chickens are in the molting stage; where they are losing old feathers and growing new. The sun is going down and there isn’t as much daylight as what we had during the spring and

Every One Needs A Job

By - DiyGarden
Posted on November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Every one needs a job, what a great philosophy! It is especially true for the small scale homesteader which is exactly what we are. Ron and I work hard and we decided that anything that came to Our DIY Homestead had to do that as well. We moved here about a year ago, here is

Harvesting Peppermint

By - DiyGarden
Posted on July 27, 2023July 22, 2023

This is the week of our gateway herb, peppermint. In our last blog we talked about the different ways to use peppermint. You can find that blog here. Today I’m going to share with you a video I did about harvesting that peppermint. How to bring it in and prepare it for dehydrating and then

PEPPERMINT: THE GATEWAY HERB

By - DiyGarden
Posted on July 22, 2023July 22, 2023

Peppermint is the gateway herb It is said that chickens are the gateway animal for people in neighborhoods to homesteaders on acres of land. And I believe that is true and we can also say the same about peppermint and how it is the gateway herb. It is easy to grow and there are many

New Beginnings

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 1, 2023December 7, 2022

New beginnings in 2023 bring to me a new home, new garden, and new animals. It could be the best thing that happens to me or the worse.

Welcome to Our YouTube Channel

By - DiyGarden
Posted on January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

Our New YouTube Channel It might be half way through January but Happy New Year! Ron and I have taken on doing a YouTube channel this year and I’d like to share the videos with you weekly here on the blog. Now of course, it if you would like to go and subscribe to our

End of Season Tomatoes…Do This

By - DiyGarden
Posted on December 11, 2021December 11, 2021

If you are a gardener you probably have the same issues with end of the season tomatoes that I do. They ripen one by one and the green ones are threatened with frost so you pick them and then they end up sitting on the counter forgotten and go bad. Click here is how we