Summer is fast approaching! It's time to battle the bugs, brush up on music skills, and plan some family time for Memorial Day.
Get Ready for April 2016
Spring is in the air! Are you ready to get outside, grow some plants, and build something new?
Quote of the Week: To Invent
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. —Thomas Edison
5 Homemade Gifts From the Farm
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.
Free LSU Building Plans
Louisiana State University has put together an excellent website packed with countless building plans available for free PDF download.
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.
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!
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.
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 … Continue reading How To Build a Two-Bin Composter
Don’t Throw It Out!
This is not a post about recycling—at least not the type that involves saving plastic bottles. This type of recycling is more interesting because it challenges your creativity.
Homestead on the Range 