Don’t you need to build a chicken tractor?

    Jul 29, 2008 | Homesteading Life

    Now this is a cool concept! We would love to have chickens at some point, mostly for egg production but perhaps we might one day get tough enough to butcher the birds ourselves. But when you have your birds totally free range, there’s the issue of finding the...

    Got plans yet for the weekend??

    Jul 29, 2008 | Entertaining, Homesteading Life

    Well, it’s that time of year again. And if you happen to be in the Frankfurt area on Saturday or Sunday, you should make your way to our village where the 57th annual Laternenfest (Lantern Festival for those non-Germans) is going on!Every Saturday and Sunday...

    A few water saving tips we recently implemented

    Jul 21, 2008 | Homesteading Life

    Well, everyone is in full savings mode with the price of gas going through the roof and we’re not much exception. We have cut back our spending in many areas and are using meal planning as one way to help us cut costs, but we’re doing other things as well....

    The compost pile is gone!

    Jun 19, 2008 | Homesteading Life, House & Home

    A bit late on the update but at least I’m getting to it sometime in the same month! On June 2nd, the wonderful workers showed up again to deal with our compost pile dilemma. On a farm, things like this are very common here – but apparently none of the...