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Biking Through Iowa’s Rural Areas
Iowa’s rolling hills, prairies, picturesque waterways, gently rolling hills, and lush forests all provide an ideal setting for hiking, jogging, skating, and–most of all–cycling. The s...
In Feb 04, 2012
What Lurks In My Compost
With the addition of the pigs to the homestead, we aren’t generating as much compost these days. All food and garden scraps are heading to the piggies instead. And when I do have some...
In Feb 02, 2012
Got Milk? We Do!
Over the weekend we started milking our goats for the first time. They kidded (had babies) around Easter and, while we could have started milking sooner, we kept putting it off. We bo...
In Feb 02, 2012A Visitor’s Guide To Attractions In Western Iowa
If you wish to distance yourself from all the noise, smog, and rush of the big city, a vacation to the American Heartland might be what you need. Western Iowa offers some of the most ...
In Jan 04, 2012
Homemade Pasta
Our hens have started laying up a storm! Okay, so I guess that may be a bit dramatic. For the past few days our 22 hens are laying about 6 eggs each day. But to go from a dozen eggs a...
In Jan 01, 2012
Making a Homemade Chicken Waterer
Last week we began preparing for the 50 meat chickens we were about to get in the mail. We hit the farm supply store to get two new feed troughs and waterers. As I was looking at the ...
In Jan 01, 2012
Homemade Frugal Mitten Bags
When we moved to Wisconsin, I knew that it would be cold during the winter. I realized that we would need lots of winter wear for the good part of a year. What I hadn’t anticipated wa...
In Jan 01, 2012