Recycle Flowers In Nest Boxes

Recycle Flowers In Nest Boxes

Mar 9, 2016 | Blog Letters, Homesteading

Dear Neighbor, If you are like me, you hate throwing lovely flowers away. I found a great use for my faded flowers: nest boxes! Flower petals and herbs make fragrant additions to nest boxes.  Rosemary, lavender and mint are some easy herbs to make your nest boxes...
Chicken Attack

Chicken Attack

Feb 17, 2015 | Blog Letters

Dear Neighbor, It was the dusk of the first and probably last “Snowpocolypse” of the year.  After hauling in a healthy load of firewood, we sat writing by the fire, listening to tiny pieces of sleet peck at the windows. It was then the most unexpected thing happened,...
Ant Free Hummingbird Feeders

Ant Free Hummingbird Feeders

Apr 18, 2013 | Blog Letters

Dear Neighbor, One of our favorite visitors on the homestead are hummingbirds. We get our regular guests each year and can tell them apart by either appearance, flight patterns or sound. We can’t help but name each one, which I think they would like. Last week...
Goodbye to a Friend and a Chapter

Goodbye to a Friend and a Chapter

Jul 22, 2011 | Blog Letters

Dear Neighbor, They say there are four seasons but there is one more: the season of change. Change is something most of us don’t like, yet it is essential to growth and thus, life. When you quit growing, you die. My life has been nothing but change in the past...
It Takes a Flock To Raise Chicks?

It Takes a Flock To Raise Chicks?

May 10, 2011 | Blog Letters

Dear Neighbor, Momma Sox and her daughter, Specktacular, are sharing the egg hatching duties. I have never really seen this. As true to form, Specktacular jumped on only a few days ago, while Momma has held the full three week vigil. One chick has hatched and I do not...