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The other day someone came into the shop eating pinion pine nuts. Some were dropped and I found a couple the following day. I’ve decided to try and sprout them, yes I know it will take a long time for them to grow to a size that will produce more nuts but I figure ifContinue reading “Pinion Pine Seed”

Today I’m showing you my kiwi plants and will explain a bit about how we started them. I had come across a video on growing kiwi from seed on YouTube. So the boys and I decided to give it a go. First thing I did was cut a thin slice from the fruit and thenContinue reading “What’s Growing?”

I spend more and more time at my makeshift desk these days. I have recently started an online business course that I am hoping one day will be a big chunk of my income freeing up more time to do the things I want to do. The boys and I are working on what theyContinue reading “What’s on my desk”

My planner is one of those simple $1 binder journals you can pick up from any dollar store. White paper. I’m an obsessive note-taker and fill pages to the margins About one hundred pages or so and contain to do lists, rough sketches, and ideas for blog posts. Often times things are not written downContinue reading “My daily planner”

There are millions of tips out there for homesteading by those more qualified than myself and can be found on Facebook groups and Google searches. I plane on sharing things I have found helpful over time and encourage you to share things you have found helpful as well!

Who me? Organized? Some might tell you otherwise, but I do find it hard to keep track of our weekly schedule. You know: school, swimming, grocery shopping, tidying up, paying bills, weeding, remembering appointments and so on. Fortunately, in our house we all pitch in. No one person does everything. But we do tend toContinue reading “Staying Organized”