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Lettuce and arugula patch covered with netting draped over sticks and secured in place with rocks on the left side of the image and lettuce plants and arugula plants growing in soil on the right side of the image.

Easy and Cheap DIY Cover to Protect Lettuce from Pests

For some people, simply putting a fence around their garden is enough to protect their lettuce from being eaten by pests like insects and animals. …

Pea plants growing up a homemade trellis with shredded leaves around them on the ground as a mulch.

Using Leaves As Mulch for Your Garden

This year I decided to try something different with my garden that I haven’t really tried before: using leaves as mulch in my garden. In …

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Over 50 Easy Ground Beef Supper Recipes

For busy nights when there isn’t much time to get supper ready and on the table, quick and easy meals are essential. I’ve found that …

A piece of waffle with butter and maple syrup and a bit of waffle on a fork all on a red china plate with a brown striped cloth underneath and a plate piled high with waffles in the background along with eggs, a whisk, and measuring spoons.

Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Waffle Recipe from 1858

Light and fluffy waffles are one of my favorite breakfast foods, but until recently they aren’t something that I would have necessarily associated with 19th …

A black and white chicken, a black and gold chicken, and a brown speckled chicken all eating a cob of corn with some sedum plants in the background.

How Many Eggs Will Three Backyard Chickens Lay In A Year?

If you been thinking about getting a few backyard chickens for laying eggs then you’re probably wondering how many eggs to expect a small flock …

Three raised garden beds on the left side with green plants growing in them, and an in-ground garden plot on the right side with plants growing.

Raised Bed Vs. In-Ground Gardens: Pros and Cons

If you’ve been thinking of starting a garden or even if you already have a garden and you’re thinking of expanding your garden into a …

Tin of tallow hand salve on a wooden table with a blue China plate next to it with assorted herbs and a small bowl of beeswax pellets beside it with scattered herbs and beeswax pellets on the table.

DIY Herbal Tallow Hand Salve

For the past several months I’ve been making my own DIY tallow hand salve. I love the fact that making your own hand salve allows …

A brown speckled chicken scratching and pecking at the ground in the garden with a black and white and a black chicken further in the background.

Pros and Cons of Putting Chickens in Your Garden

Now that I have backyard chickens, I wanted to see if I could use them to help with my garden. I had seen some videos …

Piece of sour cream gingerbread cake dusted with powdered sugar on a red china plate on a table with a pan of gingerbread in the background along with an antique cookbook, some cloves and spoons and winter greenery, berries, and pinecones.

Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Gingerbread Cake Recipe from 1852

If I had to choose one baking recipe that seems to exemplify the 19th century I think I would have to choose gingerbread. From cookbooks …

Slice of pumpkin pie on a blue china plate with more of the pie in a baking dish behind it and an antique cookbook, a small gourd, eggs, a spoon, and nutmegs on the table.

Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Pie Recipe from 1861

Pumpkin pie is a traditional, old-fashioned dessert that many people associate with holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. And, unlike recipes such as mincemeat pie …