Did you know chickens come in miniature form and they still lay eggs? Miniature chickens are called Bantams and they are proving to be an awesome option for suburban backyard keepers. Want fresh eggs but need to keep the coop lower than your fence line and the noise and mess to an absolute minimum? Bantam […]
How to Make Brown Sugar
You can make your own brown sugar from scratch using only two ingredients and it is ridiculously easy! Why bother making your own? Because you can control the quality ingredients you use. By combining two shelf-stable, long-lasting ingredients, you’ll never have to worry about forgetting brown sugar from the store again. Plus, homemade brown sugar […]
Natural Disasters: How to Plan Ahead
Once upon a time I believed the world would always be normal, life would go on as usual and nothing bad would happen to me or my family. This is a story about how two hurricanes taught me to abandon this thinking in favor of being wise. I survived a natural disaster by feeding my […]
Garden Tool Organization Nook
You don’t need a dedicated potting shed to create a cute and functional storage space. I’ve turned one small, three by three foot corner of my garage into a garden tool organization nook using two home-built storage pieces and a bit of paint. Garden Tool Organization Nook Minimalist Garden Organization I love the concept of […]
Sweet Cream Biscuit Recipe
These are the best country biscuits you will ever put in your mouth. I’ve tried around twenty recipes, searching for something simple but buttery and deliciously fluffy. Our sweet cream biscuit recipe is on a whole other level of scrumptious! Sweet Cream Biscuit Recipe My Family’s Biscuit Recipe Was Lost For as long as I […]
Weird Chicken Eggs
Chickens lay weird eggs sometimes. Some are the wrong color, some have funny speckles and some are not even in the shape of an egg! Why They’re Rare Grocery store and farmer’s market egg cartons are typically filled with nice, normal eggs so it is easy to assume eggs always come out perfect. For the […]
Silver Homestead Signature Cinnamon Caramel Cookie Recipe
A signature cookie that tastes a bit like a gooey, cinnamon caramel pecan roll but with a hearty oatmeal cookie texture? And makes your house smell heavenly while baking? Yes, please! This is how our Silver Homestead Signature Cinnamon Caramel Cookie recipe came to be. This post contains an affiliate link to the cookie scoop […]
How to Use Printable Treat Tags
A gift tag is the finishing touch, after spending so long mixing, baking, cooling and wrapping up homemade goodies. Here I’ll walk you through how to use the free printable treat tags available on our site! Gather Your Supplies Download the Printable PDF File (Remember to load your printer tray with white cardstock first and […]