Despite my struggles with finding joy and simplicity on the homestead this year, I know deep down that the simple life can be exactly that… simple. I’ve tasted of the beauty, reward, and joy that comes out of working willingly with your hands and know that it can be recaptured and enjoyed again if I use the […] Read more…
Can I be honest with you? This past year has been one of the most difficult I can remember. No, there hasn’t been any deaths, or illness, or injuries, nor financial difficulties or anything like that. We’re warm & incredibly well fed. Our family got a little larger. We had bigger gardens, larger herds, a […] Read more…
| 2014 Vegetable Garden, homemaking binder, homestead management, Seed Starting
So now that we’ve got our seeds all organized, Wait. You did organize your seeds, right? Of course you did. So now that the seeds are organized, and I can see just how very many I have to sow this year, I sure had better be organized with my planting efforts as well! Otherwise, I […] Read more…
| Chickens, homemaking binder, homestead management, In the Barnyard
I have added a Poultry Incubation Chart to the templates for my homesteading binder which is useful tool to help you with hatching the eggs of chickens, turkeys, and ducks and thought I’d share it with you! I have found the most difficult part of incubating eggs this year (besides the children fidgeting with the thermostat) is […] Read more…
When Angi from Schneider Peeps asked me to review and giveaway her new ebook, I wasn’t excited simply for the sake of having the opportunity, but because as I prepared my own pages for my Homesteading Binder this year, I had decided to look into other materials available out there and came up incredibly disappointed. […] Read more…
| homemaking binder, homestead management, In the Home, keeper at home
I’ve been sharing about the blessing of having a homemaking binder for years, but last year I saved my homemaking and homesteading binder sheets in a customizable form to the web so that you might be able to download them and make any changes necessary to streamline your own binder . I’ve finished the updates […] Read more…
| homemaking binder, homestead management, In the Home, keeper at home
Check out my new & improved, better-than-ever printable binder sheets for 2015–>> HERE ——————————————————— Here are the printable organizing templates I use in my homemaking and homesteading binders, free for the taking. Check them out and see if they might be useful in your notebook as you try to get more organized while managing your home […] Read more…
| homemaking binder, homestead management, In the Home, keeper at home
Would it be a new year if I didn’t update you on updating my homemaking binder?? I’m sorry, but the more I utilize the system, the more I love it! Admittedly, when I first drafted the pages, I would go weeks or sometimes months without using it, but it was always in the back of […] Read more…
A final improvement to my homemaking binder this year was made in light of the fact that I am a horribly awful, no-good, rotten, meal planner. Meat for dinner is usually defrosted in the microwave an hour before dinner after begging everyone to come to a consensus on what I should prepare. The larger our […] Read more…
UPDATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE. Needless to say, since the inception of my homemaking binder system, our homestead has significantly grown! Praise the Lord! My first records from 2007 are meager in comparison with what we’re planning for 2011. Back then we were growing some salad greens, radishes, bush beans, carrots that didn’t grow, […] Read more…
| homemaking binder, homestead management, In the Home, keeper at home
I’ve been furiously working to get my Homemaking Binder updated… again. I had taken my good ole’ fashioned time last month to get it all together and ready to print just before I dropped my laptop. Now I’ve had to start all over again, and I must say that I’m more pleased with it the […] Read more…
| homemaking binder, homestead management, In the Home, keeper at home, spring cleaning
Early today, I alluded to an urge that overcame me yesterday to get my home in order. It may be nesting or it may simply be the usual desire to freshen and air things out after a long stuffy winter cooped up indoors. Whatever the cause, this week I’ll be going through my home room […] Read more…