Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Last week was a rough one for me. On top of the extremely cool weather that we've been having, someone stole all of my watermelons from the educational/community … [Read more...]

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Harvest bounty is abundant! All of our tomatoes are producing, so are our peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, corn pumpkins, squash, zucchini, chard, sugar snap peas, … [Read more...]

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Now on to the hop... Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, … [Read more...]

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Last week, I was able to harvest tomatoes, cucumbers, and some peppers AND I made some peach jam and apricot preserves! A busy week for sure! What have you been up … [Read more...]

One of the better things about summer is all of the fresh fruit that you can get, at a moment's notice. However, with fruit, and summer, comes the ridiculous spawn of satan that are fruit flies. I … [Read more...]

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! It's almost time for some things to be harvested on our tiny homestead! Yes, in Chicago, we're getting ready to pick some zucchini, peppers and collards! I can't … [Read more...]