I have put this article on hold several times because I don't want people to think I condone breaking the law. I am so blessed that the city I ended up in, is so lenient towards the individual freedoms of the people living in it. In the city of Richardson we...
Grow Your Own Food Right Where You Are!
Let’s face it growing your own food can be a mystery, especially if you have never done it before. My passion is to show you how to grow your own fresh organic groceries right where you are!
Backyard Chickens
Black Soldier Flies; The Most Sustainable Addition to My Homestead!
On my little urban homestead I am always trying to find ways to stretch my dollar or become more sustainable. One way I do this is to raise Black Soldier Flies to feed to my chickens. This insect just can’t be beat in terms of value on the homestead. It eats...
Bloom Where You’re Planted was Featured on Urban Farm Podcast!
Spring is in the air and I don't know about you but I find myself getting so distracted! There is also so much fun stuff to do in the garden. Something fun happened at my little urban homestead and it is the perfect thing to celebrate Spring. My homestead was featured...
Black Soldier Fly Larvae All Over my Dining Room!
All right, I have to admit that not all of my experiments go well. Like the underground rabbit den that seems to hold water remarkably well and the exercise pens for the young rabbits that also is a flooding nightmare. I however, will never stop experimenting, because...
Extra Extra! Read about the Featured Farm: Bloom Where You’re Planted!
What an honor to be the Featured Farmer this month at the Urban Farm in Arizona! Greg Peterson and his team at The Urban Farm have been such an inspiration to me. Now I see myself and my little homestead from the outside looking in and I realize I might be an...
Cleaning the Chicken Coop; Fall Chores
One of the chores I like to save for beautiful Fall weather is cleaning out the coop. I know that before I got chickens, I really wanted to see other people's coops and how exactly they did things. So here is a look at my coop and the regular maintenance I have to do...
Dash
Hi there, my name is Anne-Marie, but my friends call me Dash from the -dash- in my name. My homestead journey started out with one prayer. “Please help me get nutritious, organic food for my family.” Wow, I was surprised how God went about answering that prayer! …..Read More!