• Local Bite Mini Challenge-Use It Up!
    Local Bite

    Local Bite Challenge ::: Week Eight ::: Community Gardens

    Welcome to our eighth Local Bite Mini Challenge and the knowledge that you are now, officially, completed more than half of the entire challenge (that is, if you’ve been around since April 12th 😉 )! This week we are focusing on Community Gardens. Community Gardens are said to have been around in the US since the 1890’s and have benefited…

  • Everything Else

    Two 30 Day Challenges (AKA I May Have Lost My Mind Somewhere…)

    Because I love a challenge… Because I don’t (apparently) have enough to do already (with Sprout, the Farm, my part-time job and the Local Bite Challenge)… I have signed up for not one, but two new challenges for the month of June! Yes, I really may have lost my mind.  If you find it laying around somewhere, just throw it…

  • Local Bite
    Local Bite

    Local Bite Mid-Point Reflection

    Did you read that title? Yes, it’s official, as of June 1st, we have hit the mid-way point in this challenge!!! 50 days down, only 50 more to go! Now, please share with me how you’re doing!  What are your greatest challenges when it comes to sourcing as much of your food locally as possible?  What have you found to…

  • DIY,  Eat

    Butternut Squash as Baby Food (DIY)

    Last weekend, for the first time ever, we officially made our own baby food for Sprout. It’s funny how the little things can make a Mama so happy, isn’t it? You know…organic, free from additives, delicious, pure, baby food? Oh yeah! Add to all that Sprout’s gorgeous smile and no matter what’s happening in the world, my heart is full……

  • Chickens

    Easter Egger Feather Variations

    I’m hoping you all can help me with a bit of a mystery as the feather variations/coloring of three of the five have been a complete surprise!  We purchased five Easter Eggers/Ameraucanas that looked normal in their couple-of-days-old-selves and have wound up with two being the typical rusty/auburn colors, two being black and white, and one having these dusty.almost lavender feathers…

  • Homesteading

    Homesteading in Small Spaces – Radio Interview

    I’m on the radio!  Yep, so wanna learn a little more about who I am, who we are and how we came to homestead on our tiny little plot?  Check out this podcast and hear all about it 🙂 Homesteading in Small Spaces – Ever Growing Farm Enjoy!  And please let me know if you have any questions! xoxo, M