Here’s a great way to make homemade meringues from the convenience of a microwave. Only one egg and a bowl of powdered sugar are used to create these delectable sweet treats. Once you have these two...
When it’s time to start seeds for the garden everyone has their own method that they use. Some use small peat pots, some newspaper pots, and some use the trusty black plastic flat. These...
Plastic eggs, stuffed rabbits, and Chinese chocolate chickens be gone! This year for Easter make a basket full of colorgul egg-shaped seed bombs. What is a seed bomb you say? The classic seed bomb...
Whether you live in the country or urban setting, raising chickens can be a wonderful experience. They come in a wide variety of colors and sizes. Their personalities are often larger than life and...
By Emma O’Connell Several years ago when I first settled down on my few acres and acquired my first batch of chickens, I had this romantic idea that the chickens would just roam around here and...
Yields 6 Ingredients: 1 Box of Puff Pastry Sheets (each square should big enough to fill the cavity of a muffin tin and have the corners stick out) 6 Eggs 3 Scallions 1 Cup of grated cheese Sea Salt...
Praying Mantises can play an important role in organic pest control. They have a voracious appetite and will eat just about any other insect that comes bugging by including all the ones that like to...
by Mary Pellerito Part of the beauty of native plants is the role they play in the wider environment. Native plants just aren’t pretty to look at. They provide food and shelter for creatures...
By Rupert Titchmarsh So here we are again, Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, Pancake Day, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras call it what you like, it’s the annual battery celebration for the start of Lent. The...
In 1992, the Alger Family decided to leave the suburban area of Chicago, IL to come to southwest Missouri in order to eliminate their family’s debt and live a slower lifestyle. They purchased a small...