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Kogee the canine chicken keeper how a cowdog helps herd chickens into the coop and even runs inside the coop with the chickens

Kogee the Canine Chicken Keeper: A Chicken Friendly Cow Dog

The pros and cons of owning a family milk cow to help you decide if owning a dairy cow is right for you

Pros and Cons of a Family Milk Cow on the Homestead

How to Grow Seedlings in a Greenhouse

Homemade Pennsylvania Dutch Amish chicken corn soup recipe with rivels what are rivels and how to make them

Pennsylvania Dutch Amish Chicken Corn Soup with Rivels recipe

Spring Equinox celebration party ideas what is Vernal Equinox Ostara celebrate Spring foods simple outdoor activities

Spring Equinox Celebration Ideas

How to Tell if a Chicken Egg is Fertilized

Learn how to knit a simple easy beginners knitting headband for kids with fun variations

How to Knit a Simple Easy Headband for Beginners and Kids Knitting

How to Build a 10 Frame Langstroth Beehive for Cheap

Kohlrabi Soup Recipe

How to safely feed Red Wiggler compost worms for vermicomposting

What to Feed Red Wiggler Compost Worms for Vermicomposting

A beekeeper helping honey bee pollinators by having a backyard bee hive

Beekeeping to Help Save the Honey Bee Pollinators

Easy Fun and Harmless Pranks for Kids

Hello I'm Annie and welcome to our blog!

I was raised in an old farmhouse in the country and taught by three generations of women in my family to cook from scratch, can and preserve food, nurture plants to grow, craft with my hands, and live a simple, meaningful life. Now I'm teaching my own children these skills on our little homestead in Montana. I am a Master Gardener and a Master Naturalist and love helping others learn. I'm sharing these vintage skills here so you too can live a simple, more connected homemade life- one canning jar at a time!