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How Can Wood Ash Help Chickens?

Have you ever seen a chicken sun bathing? Have you seen them toss dust up under their feathers?

How Can Wood Ash Help Chickens
Our goat Buddy loves it when we visit the Chicken and Goat run. Luke loves to help his daddy.

How Can Wood Ash Help Chickens?

Chickens love to find a dry dusty area to roll around in. This is healthy for them. Birds are prone to parasites like lice and mites. Providing a nice place for them to dust bathe gives them a natural way to control the parasites. Continue reading How Can Wood Ash Help Chickens?


Greenstalk Vertical Garden planted with vegetables next to a wooden fence.

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What’s Growing On in the Greenhouse? Starting the 2014 Gardening Season

This Winter has been weird hasn’t it? It’s been very cold all over the United States. Here in Texas, we’ve had
more hard freezes than we’ve had for a very long time.

It’s been so crazy I’m not sure when to put my seedlings in the garden. The last frost date for this year is something like March 20th. Gosh, That feels like it’ll be too late! Continue reading What’s Growing On in the Greenhouse? Starting the 2014 Gardening Season


Greenstalk Vertical Garden planted with vegetables next to a wooden fence.

Buy Greenstalk Vertical Gardens! http://lddy.no/25if 
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Garden Book GIVEAWAY and MANY Special Thanks!

Please join my GIVEAWAY, but first let me start this post by saying, Wow! we’ve had a lot go on! … and we’ve been covered by the grace of God and many people that share kindness and encouragement.

Two weeks ago, our son Espen went through brain surgery for a condition called Chiari.

You can read some detail at my wife’s blog: http://thriftyfarmerswife.blogspot.com/2014/02/chiari-has-stolen-his-smile.html

Also… follow the journey of the surgery and recovery here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Espens-Chiari-Journey/634744523245729

So now we are gladly moving past some of that stress. We all can recover from missed sleep and overwhelming stress.

Here’s the GIVEAWAY

This Giveaway is well underway, but there is still time to get in on it. Follow this video to the YouTube page to make a comment. Your comment will get you an entry into the drawing for the gardening book.

The special Thanks that I express in the video is to Ray over at the Praxxus55712 YouTube channel. Here is a link to his channel and facebook page.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Praxxus55712
https://www.facebook.com/praxxus55712

Ray is a gardener that shares his skills and talents with a very large audience on YouTube. I follow his channel and recently he started following mine. In one of his videos he listed his 6 favorite YouTube gardeners. I made the list! That was exciting, but what really got to me was how he spoke so kindly of me and my son, Luke.

Go check out Ray’s channel. You can find this particular video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umaepiye0F0&list=UU6YgvyGnc7HBvBEVAeDnsiw

Thank you so much for being with on my life’s journey! I appreciate every one of you 🙂

UPDATE: We have a WINNER!


Greenstalk Vertical Garden planted with vegetables next to a wooden fence.

Buy Greenstalk Vertical Gardens! http://lddy.no/25if 
(affiliate link - Daddykirbs Farm. Thank you.)
Coupon Code DADDYKIRBS to get up to $10 off!


Simple Saturdays Blog Hop #3

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 Welcome!

What is Simple Saturdays Blog Hop?
Simply put, it’s a link-up for each of us to share the various ways that we are learning to be more Self Reliant in our homes and on our land. This is all about building community, learning new skills and growing more self-sufficient!
Every Saturday this Blog Hop will be brought to you by a group of wonderful gals & guys committed to the Simple way of Life and learning to be Self Reliant in all they do.
Come join us, submit YOUR Simply Self-Reliant post (maybe even 2 or 3), browse around and visit a site or two and learn some new Simple tips or Self Reliant How’To’s! Remember to “LIKE” your favorites!

This Blog Hop is being hosted by:

 What Can I Post?

Anything and everything related to a more Simple way of life OR Self Reliance….
This may include topics such as:
Homesteading, Prepping, Gardening, Cooking/recipes/food, Livestock of all varieties, Off-grid, Natural Living, Wellness/wholeness and Healthcare, Herbal, DIY & MYO!
*Make sure and include either a text link or the blog hop button below (copy/save) back to the Blog Hop. You could also include the following button in your sidebar of your site if you like:
Simple Saturdays Blog Hop
 
 (Copy/Paste and insert in your sidebar)

 How Can I Be a Featured Blogger?

By linking up! Our featured blogger is chosen each week at random by our Co-hosts…and we hope to have YOU as our next featured blogger!
If you are selected as “Featured”, make sure and grab your button (just copy/paste):
simple saturdays featured button
Please note: By linking to this Blog Hop you are giving us permission to link back to your post if you are featured. We will also include 1 photo from your post in the interest of sending visitors your way.

Congratulations to our Featured Blogger:

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Krystyna @ Spring Mountain Living loved this post because choosing to hatch chicks via incubator or broody hen can be a tough choice to make. The Free Range Life’s post on hatching eggs lays out the pro’s & con’s of each method, helping you decide which way is best for your needs.
HOP on over at The Free Range Life and browse around!
 Let the blogging begin…
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Greenstalk Vertical Garden planted with vegetables next to a wooden fence.

Buy Greenstalk Vertical Gardens! http://lddy.no/25if 
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Simple Saturdays Blog Hop #2

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 Welcome!

What is Simple Saturdays Blog Hop?

Simply put, it’s a link-up for each of us to share the various ways that we are learning to be more Self Reliant in our homes and on our land. This is all about building community, learning new skills and growing more self-sufficient!

Every Saturday this Blog Hop will be brought to you by a group of wonderful gals & guys committed to the Simple way of Life and learning to be Self Reliant in all they do.

Come join us, submit YOUR Simply Self-Reliant post (maybe even 2 or 3), browse around and visit a site or two and learn some new Simple tips or Self Reliant How’To’s! Remember to “LIKE” your favorites!

This Blog Hop is being hosted by:

Homestead Bloggers Network

Heather @ The Homesteading Hippy

Heather @ Green Eggs and Goats

Krystyna @ Spring Mountain Living

Ariana @ Truth Peace Love

Andrea @ It Takes Time

Lesa @ Better Hens and Gardens

Teri @ Homestead Honey

Blake @ Daddykirbs

Meredith @ Imagineacres

Janet @ Timber Creek Farmer

Kat @ Simply Living Simply

Kay @ Green Organic Mamas

 

How Can I Be a Guest Co-host?

Guest Co-hosts are selected by your peers.  When people go to submit a post or check out the Blog Hop they have the option to “LIKE” the entries.  The post with the most “LIKES” is next weeks Guest Co-host!

If your selected as a Guest Co-Host, don’t forget to grab your button and tell the world! (just copy/save)

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Congratulations to the Guest Co-Host of the week:

Taylor Made Ranch

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Hope For the Best, Prepare For The Worst

Your post had the most votes for the week!

What Can I Post?

Anything and everything related to a more Simple way of life OR Self Reliance….

This may include topics such as:

Homesteading, Prepping, Gardening, Cooking/recipes/food, Livestock of all varieties, Off-grid, Natural Living, Wellness/wholeness and Healthcare, Herbal, DIY & MYO!

*Make sure and include either a text link or the blog hop button below (copy/save) back to the Blog Hop. You could also include the following button in your sidebar of your site if you like:

Simple Saturdays Blog Hop
 

 (Copy/Paste and insert in your sidebar)

 

How Can I Be a Featured Blogger?

By linking up! Our featured blogger is chosen each week at random by our Co-hosts…and we hope to have YOU as our next featured blogger!

If you are selected as “Featured”, make sure and grab your button (just copy/paste):

simple saturdays featured button

Please note: By linking to this Blog Hop you are giving us permission to link back to your post if you are featured. We will also include 1 photo from your post in the interest of sending visitors your way.

 

Congratulations to our Featured Blogger:

The Free Range Life

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Best Dairy Goat Breed for the Small Farm

The Homesteading Hippy likes this post because “I live in a small area, and this helped us decided on goat breeds to try again.” And it could help you too…make sure and check it out!

 

Let the blogging begin…

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Greenstalk Vertical Garden planted with vegetables next to a wooden fence.

Buy Greenstalk Vertical Gardens! http://lddy.no/25if 
(affiliate link - Daddykirbs Farm. Thank you.)
Coupon Code DADDYKIRBS to get up to $10 off!