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Quote of the Week: To Invent

January 11, 2016 by hsotr

Quote of the Week: To Invent

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. —Thomas Edison

Filed Under: The Lifestyle Tagged With: DIY Projects, Quotes

5 Homemade Gifts From the Farm

December 8, 2015 by hsotr

5 Homemade Gifts from the Farm

There’s nothing like a homemade gift to warm someone’s heart at Christmas. The time and love put into a handcrafted present make it special. If you enjoy country living, you have an excellent opportunity to make and grow gifts that will touch others. Need some inspiration? Consider these ideas:

Filed Under: The Skills Tagged With: Art, Crafts, DIY Projects, Food, Fruit, Herbs, Holidays, Household, Seed Saving, Vegetables

Free LSU Building Plans

April 9, 2015 by hsotr

Free LSU Building Plans

Louisiana State University has put together an excellent website packed with countless building plans available for free PDF download.  If you are the do-it-yourself type, this is a site that you should definitely bookmark!

Filed Under: The Skills Tagged With: Animal Health, Animal Housing, Composting, DIY Projects, Field Crops, Household, Links, Pastures, Season Extension

A Kid’s EcoJournal Series

December 4, 2014 by hsotr

A Kid's EcoJournal Series

If your children love the outdoors and also love to write, they may enjoy A Kid’s EcoJournal series by Toni Albert. There are four of these books (spring, summer, fall, and winter), but they all follow a similar format. After some tips on exploring and writing about nature comes space for entries. Each entry has […]

Filed Under: The Sunflower State Tagged With: Birdwatching, Books, Composting, DIY Projects, Family, Homeschooling, Journals, Nature, Stewardship, Writing

Complete Book of Birdhouse Construction

June 12, 2014 by hsotr

The Complete Book of Birdhouse Construction

Here’s a way to combine two favorite interests. Hand the woodworker of the family a copy of this book and see what happens! The Complete Book of Birdhouse Construction for Woodworkers by Scott D. Campbell provides detailed plans and instructions for the following birds: House Finch. Great Crested Flycatcher. Purple Martin. Phoebe. Downy Woodpecker. Wood […]

Filed Under: The Skills Tagged With: Birdwatching, Books, DIY Projects

HomeMade

May 8, 2014 by hsotr

HomeMade

Here is just the thing for the handyman of the family. Whatever you want to build, whether it is for your home, your garden, or your farm, check out this book for ideas.

Filed Under: The Skills Tagged With: Books, Composting, DIY Projects, Household, How-To

How To Build a Two-Bin Composter

September 17, 2013 by hsotr

How to Build a Two-Bin Composter

Composting is probably one of the most familiar techniques of organic gardening. No wonder—it’s a great way to enrich the soil and make use of some of that garden debris that always collects as the season progresses. Composting just makes sense. However, deciding to make compost is one thing, and coming up with a compost […]

Filed Under: The Garden Tagged With: Composting, DIY Projects, How-To, Plant Health, Soil

Don’t Throw It Out!

September 10, 2013 by hsotr

Don't Throw It Out!

This is not a post about recycling—at least not the type that involves saving up plastic bottles for the local recycling center. This type of recycling is quite a bit more interesting because it seriously challenges your creativity.

Filed Under: The Farm Tagged With: Composting, DIY Projects, Household, Stewardship

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