Our Ayla is getting up there in age, and will be 10 this coming February. Although she’s still as wily as ever and she’ll still steal a plate of a food right out from under your nose. But she doesn’t seem to hear or see as well as she did a year ago now. And […]

We love to play outdoors. The moment the warm weather breaks, we take the opportunity to get outdoors and take in some fresh air. Whether I take them to the park, watch them play sports, or help them ride their bike, we enjoy spending time together. As a mom, I also want to make sure that […]

Although we might want to deny it, winter is just around the corner for many people. If you want your home to survive the winter months reasonably unscathed, then you need to make sure you have a plan to complete all of the necessary fall home maintenance tasks. It’s worth putting the effort in to […]

No matter where you live, it’s never the wrong time of year to learn how and when to prune your tomatoes. Our growing season here in South Florida is just getting started while for others fall is fast approaching. But pruning tomatoes has always been one of those things that I KNOW I’m supposed to […]

From time to time, I get interesting emails from readers like you. Sometimes they’re about recipes found here on No Ordinary Homestead. And sometimes they’re questions about getting a visa to live in Germany (which I really know very little about). And other times, they’re a question like the following which makes me sit down and […]