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Maple Sweetened Peach Jam

Preserving· The Kitchen

There is no refined sugar in this peach jam recipe. Instead, fresh peaches are sweetened with pure maple syrup and flavored with a hint of vanilla and lemon. Enjoy this peach jam spread on your morning toast, swirled into yogurt, or spooned over ice cream. It seems such a shame to take perfectly delicious, already sweet fruit and combine it…
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Want to make your own bread? There's just nothing like a warm slice of homemade bread fresh out of the oven. Once you start baking bread at home, you'll never go back to store bought loaves. Here are 10 bread-baking tips to help you make great bread at home.

10 Tips for Baking Bread at Home

Baking· The Kitchen

Want to make your own bread? There’s just nothing like a warm slice of homemade bread fresh out of the oven. Once you start baking bread at home, you’ll never go back to store bought loaves. In addition to the delicious flavor, homemade bread is also much less expensive per loaf than supermarket bread, and there are no additives or…
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Introducing new chickens to the flock can be stressful for your hens and their keeper. Every hen knows her place in the pecking order. Problems will arise when new chickens are introduces. These tips will help make the transition easier and with less turmoil in the hen house.

5 Tips for Introducing New Chickens to the Flock

Chickens· The Barnyard

Introducing new chickens to the flock can be stressful for your hens and their keeper. These tips will help make the transition easier and with less turmoil in the hen house. Adding new chickens into your backyard flock is not as simple as placing them in the coop. There really is a “pecking order” among chickens, which is an established…
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Spinach is a cool season crop that adapts well to indoor growing conditions, including cooler winters, and air-conditioned summers. Given its compact size, and love of cooler temperatures, spinach is a great choice for indoor gardening.

How to Grow Spinach Indoors

Gardening· The Woods

Spinach is an ideal crop to grow indoors in containers. The spinach plants stay small and continue to grow and produce numerous harvests. Learn how to setup your containers and grow spinach indoors. Spinach is a cool season crop that adapts well to indoor growing conditions, including cooler winters, and air-conditioned summers. Given its compact size, and love of cooler…
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A window box vegetable garden is a great way to utilize a small space to grow food. Once planted, all you need to do is water and harvest. Have fresh food at your fingertips this summer by planting a window box vegetable garden.

How to Grow a Window Box Vegetable Garden

Gardening· The Woods

A window box vegetable garden is a great way to utilize a small space to grow food. Once planted, all you need to do is water and harvest. Have fresh food at your fingertips this summer by planting a window box vegetable garden. Growing edibles in window boxes is an ideal way to grow food without tending a garden. Container…
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A reliable broody hen is a blessing if you plan on adding new chicks to your flock. Even though a broody hen knows what she is doing, she can still use a little support from us to hatch eggs and raise her chicks. Use these tips for helping a broody hen hatch eggs and raise chicks.

How to Hatch Eggs with a Broody Hen

Chickens· The Barnyard

A broody hen is an ideal way to hatch eggs and raise baby chicks naturally. The broody hen will do all the work for you, and her success rate will be higher than yours. Even though the hen knows what she is doing, she can still use a little support from us to hatch eggs and raise her chicks. Use…
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Whether you mail order day old chicks from a hatchery, choose peeps from your local farm and feed store, or hatch eggs in an incubator, use these guidelines for raising chicks the first 6 weeks.

How to Raise Chicks: The First 6 Weeks

Chickens· The Barnyard

Whether you mail order day old chicks from a hatchery, choose peeps from your local farm and feed store, or hatch eggs in an incubator, use these guidelines to raise chicks the first 6 weeks. Raising chicks is a fun and rewarding project for anyone but for a homesteader, it’s also a necessity. Those baby chicks will be needed for…
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The better prepared you are for the chicks arrival, the greater chance of success you will have at raising them into adulthood. Here are 5 things to arrange before bringing baby chicks home.

How to Prepare for Baby Chicks

Chickens· The Barnyard

Baby chicks are so small, so cute, so soft, and so fun to watch! They are also noisy, dirty, hungry, and needy. Before you give in to the emotions stirred up by their cuteness and bring a dozen home, get prepared for baby chicks so both you and they can be happy. Springtime is the ideal time to add baby…
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