Here's a snapshot tour of things I wanted to share this morning. Let me show you a few things growing in my backyard here in San Antonio! This is Plantain, a wild plant that has, as I understand it, a

Jen and I have recently become more enlightened regarding food, and seeing food more as either medicine or poison depending on what it is. Not that we were never extremely health conscious...I guess it's

If you haven't already been following my wife's and my journey to buy our own homestead, you may want to catch up by checking out the initial post. In the first and second post, I explain a lot about what

If you haven't already been following my wife's and my journey to buy our own homestead, you may want to catch up by checking out the initial post. In the first and second post, I explain a lot about what

If you haven't already been following my wife's and my journey to buy our own homestead, you may want to catch up by checking out the initial post. In the first and second post, I explain a lot about what

Saturday morning, through a fast series of questions and tangents and Ben telling me "I'm a girl", he and I had our first semi-detailed birds and bees talk. I'd say it went pretty well. He now

As you may know from my first post in this series, my wife and I are on the hunt for our first real homestead. Now by real, I mean someplace located far enough from any town or interstate that I can't

My family and I currently reside in the suburbs north of San Antonio. Now, eight years ago this area was largely undeveloped and in fact was still so much in the country that I harvested two deer from

Yay, the orange blossoms are now open for bzzzzness!! :) This is one of a very many blossoms that are now open on our young but resilient orange tree in our south Texas (zone 9a) backyard suburban home.

For those of us who believe that the skill of fire building is a critical one, we're always on the lookout for life hacks that will aid us in doing that in a pinch. One thing I have learned over the past

Doggone squirrels! There used to be a red oak tree in this pot once upon a time yesterday! And he apparently thought he'd uproot a garlic, too. I'd love to hear your ideas on how to discourage the rodents

Leafhopper Farm does not use a tractor, but sometimes, machines make light work. This truck brought several loads of biomass (brush and tree limbs) to the farm, staging them for a summer project in which

Lots of people are doing side hustles these days...adding income streams into their finances. Uber is an excellent example of a side hustle. I've never been a driver, but I use them all the time when I

One of the best, most rewarding, and beneficial ways to get exercise is to go hiking. I don't really like the term 'hiking' though; I prefer to call it what it is to me: Exploring! One of the targets of

My wife and I currently reside in the suburbs of north San Antonio, though our hearts are most definitely out in the middle of nowhere (somewhere :) ). After eight years living here, we put our home up

I'm Really Excited For The Winner Of This Contest! On the homestead we are always looking for the best tools to help us do our chores more efficiently. One of the most important requirements is durability

Hey homesteaders and those of you who just know how to appreciate thoughtful outdoor tool design! You have to check out this manure rake that my buddy @daddykirbs is demonstrating! I thought a rake was

Who doesn't want chickens? :) But, though they are relatively simple animals to maintain, there are still many things to learn about them before embarking on such a mission. One of the primary questions

Hydrangeas?!?!?!?!?!?!

My last dream of this morning... I was sitting in a classroom that had three teachers. And older gentle man who stood in front of the room leading the class, another male teacher who sat in the class among