My guest blogger, Janet Berry, is like so many of you multi-tasking Renaissance women: she homeschools, homesteads, writes, blogs, cans…she even makes her own cough drops–check them out here! http://thenerdyfarmwife.com/honey-lemon-sore-throat-candy-drops/. Janet actually did a post in my early blogger years about her NaNoWriMo experience: http://heatherdaygilbert.blogspot.com/2011/09/googling-handguns-for-greater-good-by.html. She has a thriving blogspot, http://thenerdyfarmwife.com/, where she shares loads of gluten-free recipes and tips. Here’s… Read More
Faith and Family Friday–Guest Blogger HEATHER HARRIS On Feeding your Chickens Right
Today, we conclude our two-part series on raising chickens! Heather “HippyHomesteader” Harris will explain what to feed those cheepy, egg-laying machines. Again, you can find Heather at:Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/homesteadhippy/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Homesteading-Hippy/346977892012766Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/118430580883831014579Twitter: twitter.com/homesteadhippy Food for a free ranging chicken is pretty easy, they go and scratch up what they need 90% of the time. You will still need to provide some supplementation,… Read More
Faith and Family Friday–Guest Blogger HEATHER HARRIS on Getting Started with Chickens
I’m so excited to have my guest blogger this Friday and the next! I know many of you are branching into homesteading, given our precarious economy. Since we’re hoping to get into raising some chickens ourselves, I knew I had to ask my friend “Heather HippyHomesteader” (aka Heather Harris) how to go about it! You can find Heather at:Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/homesteadhippy/Facebook:… Read More