A lot of people ask me about compost. I have to admit, well made compost makes a huge difference in the veggies you can grow. My good friend asked me, the other day, how I grew such beautiful veggies and herbs. I let her know my secret; raised beds full of manure rich...

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!
Front Yard Garden
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...
Lucky Silver Dollar Joins the Homestead
This weekend I went with my son (The Rabbit Shepherd) to a rabbit show. Camden has his own business raising Holland lops for pets & show. See his herd here. If you don't know what a rabbit show is let me explain; picture a lot of people with every kind of rabbit...
How to Make Your Own Solar Lantern
Every once in a while I run into something I really think is fun in the garden. This time I ran into not one, but two things that I think you will really enjoy. The first is a solar lantern. We originally had this idea to attract insects to our toad habitat. See the...
My Secret Weapon to Defeat the Squash Bug!
Everyone who talks gardening with me knows that my pride is still stinging from the bitter defeat by my garden nemesis; the squash/stink bug. Last summer when I prepared to enjoy yellow squash from the community garden what I really should have been preparing for was...
How Dry Basil & How Not to Dry Basil, a lesson learned
Sometimes I look at posts, in this case a video, and it is so inspiring. They make it look so easy and effortless. Then I try it and I notice a few things, that after the fact, seem obvious, but that I totally overlooked. Having made all the pesto I wanted(in reality...

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!