Frühlingskabine Micro-Farm–An Urban Farm Story
The Cuthill family is enjoying an adventure in square foot gardening, beekeeping, rabbit raising, and chicken chasing in an unexpected place with a sense of humor to boot! “We are urban farmers in a...
View ArticleHow to Grow Your Own Sprouts
We love sharing fun ideas that will inspire people to grow something edible no matter where they live. This post is dedicated to everyone, but especially to those of you who thought you didn’t have...
View ArticleRaising Chickens–Blue Eggs, Breeds, Books, & Building a Coop
From cream to brown and green to blue, this farm animal produces naturally-colored eggs for a growing number of people raising chickens in cities, suburbs, and on pastures of rural farms and...
View ArticlePumpkins and Squash Brighten Fall
Nothing says autumn quite like the bright colors of pumpkins and squash. Whether you eat them, cook with them, or use them for decorations, they go along way toward making us realize the days are...
View ArticleDon’t Forget Our Feathered Friends This Winter
Now that winter is officially here (and in a very big way in some parts of the country), it’s good to remember that birds might be having a hard time finding adequate food and water. Feeding birds in...
View ArticleNatural From the Outside In
As farmers, we have a deep respect for the foods we grow and produce. We pay attention to what we eat and always strive for the most healthy, natural, locally grown ingredients. So if we pay so much...
View ArticleMore Skin-Lovin’ DIY
This week we continue our focus on healthy DIY skin care products. Last week we started creating our very own homemade spa and made lemon sugar scrub, lavender bath salts, and beeswax candles. Before...
View ArticleHomemade Spring Cleaning
With spring just around the corner, we got antsy to do some spring cleaning inside so that by the time spring is actually here, we can enjoy being outside. Of course, we wanted to use our own DIY...
View ArticleLets Get Cultured!
Beer, wine, coffee, vanilla, cheese, vinegar, and pickles; these are just some of the foods and beverages we consume daily that are fermented. Did you know that the art and craft of fermentation is...
View ArticleFarm Eggs Dyed Naturally
Spring on the farm is a very exciting time. It is a time of renewal and rebirth that can be seen everywhere. Rhubarb, lettuce and kale are starting to grow in the garden, baby chicks, goats and lambs...
View ArticleHave You Ever Met a Wild Dandelion?
Friend or Foe? A proper introduction to the dandelion just might find you in a life-long friendship with one of the most nutritional plants on the planet. It turns out that the whole plant is edible....
View ArticleFarmhouse Vintage for That Farm-y Feel
The farmhouse and its contents can be just as important to a farmer as their barns, gardens, farm animals, and fields of crops. It provides a place to rest after a hard day’s work or a front porch to...
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