Balancing Corporate & Homesteading Lifestyles
Growing Sprouts: A Flock Favorite
With the winter cold coming and no more grass until spring, I like to provide my flock with sprouts throughout the winter. Wheat berries are one of their favorites! These are one well-balanced and nutritious food to include in a chicken’s daily diet! Here’s…
Tips To Stay Healthy During The Winter
How do you stay healthy during the winter? The long, winter months and short days can increase your risk of getting sick. However, there are many things you can do to stay healthy, even when it’s cold outside and many around you have the…
The A to Z Guide to Becoming More Optimistic
Studies show that optimists live longer, achieve more, and enjoy greater happiness and health. Even if you tend to see the glass as half empty, you can tap into these advantages. Psychologists believe that about 50% of your optimist quotient is determined at birth….
How NOT To Build A Chicken Coop
Learn from my mistakes … how NOT to build and plan a chicken coop. I’ve been wanting chickens for a few years and it took me about that long to convince my husband that we needed, or in other words, that I wanted them….
Silence is broken
https://weekendhomesteaders.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/For-Disturbing-the-peace-at-6AM.mp4 Changing times I don’t know about you, but I do not like the time change! Neither do my chickens. The once peaceful and silent mornings are now broken with VERY early morning crowing thanks to my confused rooster. Prior to the time change,…
Healthy Flours For Dogs
Making treats for your dog is an easy and healthy option when compared to many of the commercial treats available on the market. Best of all, this allows you to choose the best ingredients that are right for your dog. Just some key…
Benefits of Water
Keeping hydrated is very important for a person’s good health and well-being, but many people do not consume enough fluids each day. For many, drinking enough each day is not at the top of priorities but it should be. Many of the benefits are…
Ingredient Splitting
Finding the right food for your dog is difficult enough, if all foods were created equal, but they aren’t. In fact, some dog food companies spend a disproportionate amount on branding and marketing then the actual product that they are selling. Ingredient splitting is…
The History of Pet Grooming
Pet grooming is a common practice in our society. People don’t even think twice about spending hundreds of dollars having their pets groomed and bathed by a pet grooming professional. It is such common convenience that many people forget the history of what made…
Choosing Healthy Food For Your Dog
Today’s pet food market is larger and more diverse than ever before. While this offers a large number of choices in various types of pet food, it also presents a dilemma in choosing the healthiest food for your dog. Are generic or store brands…
