Have you considered chicken keeping? One of my big dreams (along with our neighbor's) is to have our backyard chickens. I like the idea of having long chickens long before the great egg crisis and having friends and family who owned chickens in my hometown. OF course, living in a suburb makes owning chickens very challenging, especially with different ordinances and some of our … [Read more...] about Chicken Keeping Pure & Simple Book Review
DIY & Craft Books
A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids Book Review
As many of you know, I am a big fan of plants and gardening. While I consider myself an amateur at both, I love growing plants and spreading the joy by giving away some of my baby plants. For the past few years, I have had a little garden outside for growing our own food and expanded a bit this year, but my true love is succulents. With them being some of the easiest to grow … [Read more...] about A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids Book Review
Farm DIY: 20 Useful and Fun Projects for your Farm or Homestead Review
Do you live on a farm or homestead? Having quite a few friends that do, I have always been curious about it. What really got me thinking about it more was our neighbors, who dream of having their own chickens or land for farming. Having grown up in a farm community, I know a little bit of everything from friends who were farmers and loved going to visit the baby animals or … [Read more...] about Farm DIY: 20 Useful and Fun Projects for your Farm or Homestead Review
Creative Terrariums: 33 Modern Mini-Gardens for Your Home Book Review
Are some of you know, I have a love for plants, especially succulents. Throughout my house, I have little succulent plants and other little things that have grown over the years. While I have been adventuring a bit more with gardening in my little garden area or outdoor pots, succulents always hold a special place in my heart. As we have been remodeling in our home too, I have … [Read more...] about Creative Terrariums: 33 Modern Mini-Gardens for Your Home Book Review
Grandpa Magic: 116 Easy Tricks, Amazing Brainteasers, and Simple Stunts to Wow the Grandkids Review
Are you a grandparent who would love to wow grandkids? I will freely admit, while I didn’t have grandparents as a child, I did enjoy seeing other adults in my life perform magic tricks. It was something I always found fascinating and I had to figure out how something was done. It wasn’t that I wanted to ruin the trick for others, I was just curious how they made something work … [Read more...] about Grandpa Magic: 116 Easy Tricks, Amazing Brainteasers, and Simple Stunts to Wow the Grandkids Review