Maple Syrup: Time To Tap Those Trees It won’t be long before Maple Sunday is upon is. Spring is in the air today. Tonight is daylight savings time. In spite of having to wade through 3 feet of snow my husband went out and tapped our trees today. We have 10 buckets up. That is the most we have ever put up. I don’t think we’ve ever put up more than 4 taps. They are predicting it is going to start running next week. That is also around the time our turkey eggs in the incubator should hatch. I am…
Talking Turkey This year we decided to focus on adding turkeys to the homestead. I didn’t waste any time I found some turkey eggs for sale and went to pick them up. It has been a few weeks since they have been in the incubator. I candled them and it appears the majority of the eggs in the incubator are developing. One of the batches of eggs I bought are a cross between white midget and blue slate. They are due to hatch just before St. Patricks day. Stay tuned for hatch updates. Update We ended up with only 2…
Think Spring Mr. Groundhog says spring will be here sooner rather than later. This is a cute kids craft that popped up today. Turning egg cartons into cute spring chick treat boxes. I’ve been seeing seed and poultry advertisements start popping up. To have a successful spring with my poultry and plants I guess I need to make a plan. I had not planned to hatch this year but my husband and I plan to buy turkey poults and focus on turkeys this year. We decided that this would be the year I put more focus on turkeys instead…
Herbal Resources: Learning More About Herbs This post may contain affiliate links that if you click through and make a purchase I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I really don’t want you to miss this. But since the bundle sale is almost over, this is your last chance to spend $27 and get this curated collection of resources to help you: Grow your own herbs in the garden Make your own home remedies Forage plants in your own backyard Pass on your love of herbs & essential oils to your children Use essential oils…
I am sure you have been hearing a lot about herbs and their uses as natural remedies. Wanting To Learn More About Herbs My oldest daughter used to tease me about how old and unused my culinary herbs and spices were. I never used to add anything to my cooking. She taught me how much better things were when accented by herbal seasonings. Over the last few years I have been interested when hearing about herbs as medicine for our animals and ourselves. I started looking around to see what I could find online to teach myself since I…
Spring is in the air Good Friday, Palm Sunday and Maple Sunday…. Spring is in the air. We had another hatch this weekend. 2 chicks that were due on Good Friday hatched on Saturday. It was the perfect weekend to boil some sap down into maple syrup… One flock of chickens was happy to dig around in the bit of ground they found not covered in snow I don’t know about you but weekends seem to go by way too fast. Next week April Fools falls on Easter Sunday that sounds like it might be interesting.
Think Spring. I don’t know about you but it seems it has been an extra long winter. Winter arrived quicker than I was ready for and I hear we have another big white storm coming our way. I am more than ready for spring. I don’t want to wish time away but I do long for green grass and blooming flowers. I’ve had some health struggles this winter perhaps that has made it seem like an extra long winter. I’m recovering and activity is restricted. I had to bring some spring inside. I set up the incubators and tested fertility…
2017 Spring Chickens I think of the old phrase about being a ‘spring chicken’ and wish I felt more like one. I’m currently struggling with a lot of pain and inflammation. This coincides with fighting constant fatigue. One of the bright spots is seeing adorable little chicks, ducklings and turkeys hatching. I attempted to hatch goslings but that was a failure. Hatching season has almost come to a conclusion here on the homestead for this year. Here are a few pictures to brighten your day. 3 little turkeys I have several chicken keeper web pages I follow, tonight I’d like…
Depending on where you are while reading this you are likely ready to see spring flowers. Done with the snow and ready to see the grass growing even if it does mean mowing. Here on the Harmony Homestead we are more than ready to see the mountains of snow melt in our yard. Thinking Spring Last week our first chicks of the year hatched. They are just backyard mix, no special breeds watching them does brighten the days. Today my youngest daughter and I went venturing in every farm store we crossed paths with while doing errands. We came home…
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The 4 C’s = Christmas, Candy, Clutter, Chaos Edit: Resurrecting this old post I wrote to join in with a Grammy’s Grid Linkup about Christmas trees and lighting. Today December 26th 2009 I think is a good time to start planning to limit the clutter and chaos and increase the amount of Christmas joy for the 2010 Christmas season. At the moment I’m looking at the piles of opened gifts and kids candy wrappers scattered. My hat is off to those…
