End the cord chaos

End the cord chaos

Take a look behind your desk…. Is is a jumbled mess of cords, cables and dog fur? No? Oh. I guess that’s just at our place. 😉 I have never really found a way that ideally manages cord chaos in our lives although I have tried here and there over the years....
Control your blogging time and your life

Control your blogging time and your life

I get emails all the time from people who are bloggers like myself, who want to really take their blog to the next level but are struggling. Bloggers know that there are a million things to keep up with and there never seems to be enough time to take care of it all....
Growing your website or blog

Growing your website or blog

Just a few short years ago, No Ordinary Homestead was a fledgling blog which was mostly frequented by only my friends and family. It was just a place to share information about our lives in Germany so I didn’t have to write the same email 30 times a day. Then I...
{Garden Life} Peaking at OPGs

{Garden Life} Peaking at OPGs

You’ve seen a whole lot of my garden these last 11 weeks, and you’ve heard a lot of my thoughts and ideas. So I thought it might be a nice change to get some outside input…in the form of Other People’s Gardens (OPG). Since people in Germany (or...
Capturing Green

Capturing Green

Green. A few years ago, when someone mentioned the word green, I probably only would have thought of things which are the color green…grass, leaves, money and other random things. But now I also associate green with sustainable living and living...