The little birds outside my window get very demanding if I don't get to their feeders in time and I don't want one of them hitting the glass so hard they break their little necks so I do my best to stay on top of things. The outside pups, too, will let out a group …
I rarely declare anything to be my "best ever" but this time I can honestly say that this pumpkin pie is the best pie I've ever made, hands down. My family agreed and they wouldn't lie so it must be true. I finally got a chance to use my new fancy pie crust decoration cut …
Continue reading Now We’re Cookin’: The Best Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie Ever
So I crunched some more numbers after going back and looking at the cost of raising the cornish cross meat birds we've been enjoying on a weekly basis. I broke it down based on a dozen of them, since that's about how many a family of four would go through in about three months. We …
Continue reading Adventures in Homesteading: We’re Saving On Eggs, What About Meat? 🤔
Don't ask how I remembered how to even find let alone work the calculator, but I crunched the numbers a minute ago after reading about the average price of eggs being $3.59 right now. Which is double what they cost a year ago! We haven't bought eggs in forever so when I saw that, I …
Continue reading Adventures in Chicken Farming: So I Did Some Math
I'm going through photos today, trying to whittle down my vast collection of mostly bad shots, and I realized yet again just why we love this lifestyle! In the last few years we've grown/raised some of the best food I've ever eaten in my life. The Muscovy ducks are definitely coming back this spring. They …
Continue reading Adventures in Homesteading: It’s More Than Just Food
Empty Nest Homesteading 