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Involving the Kids on the Homestead
I interviewed a friend this week for a magazine article I’m working on and she gave me so much extra that I thought I’d share some of her wonderful advice with you. My husband and I met Scott and Susan...
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How to Make Tote Bags with Feed Sacks
The 11-year-old is set on having a booth at our local farmers market. He wants to sell eggs, chicks, and herbs that he’s growing in his own spot of the garden. But for the down time, he came up with...
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Scrapping Metal for Kids to Make Money
I recently was going through some old posts on my other blog Everything Home with Carol and realized there are some gems over there that should be here. One of them is a post I wrote on how all my boys...
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Black Friday & Beyond Holiday E-Book Sale
Get All of My Homeschooling E-books at a Greatly Discounted Price Here’s how it works: Want just one or two of the Lessons from the Homestead series? Then it’s Buy One/Get One FREE. Simply click on...
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A New Homesteading Magazine
I am so excited to tell you about a new homesteading magazine that is coming out. The premier issue will arrive in in-boxes by February 1st–if you subscribe now. It is called From Scratch: life on the...
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Lessons from the Wood Pile
One of the winter chores that we have here on the homestead is procuring, cutting, splitting, stacking, and hauling firewood. My husband and older boy take care of the procuring, cutting, and...
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New Sponsors
I want to call attention to a couple sponsor ads I’ve put on the sidebar. Hobby Hill Farm This place is so cool. If you are into farm gear, visit Hobby Hill Farm. They have something you want! Mailbox...
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Chick Days are Here
Did you hear about Chick Days at Tractor Supply Company? I wrote a post about it over at Everything Home. Since we have eggs in the incubator (which I will cover in a future post), are looking at...
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Standardized Testing for Elementary Years
As you may know, I have a new column about homeschooling on the homestead in From Scratch Magazine. FROM SCRATCH is a free bi-monthly online only publication for those who enjoy living life simply....
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Favorite Things Blog Hop and Chick Sales
I have a special treat for you today. I am co-hosting the Favorite Things Blog Hop. So don’t be shy, and link up your favorite post this week. Now, I need to tell you about my chicken boy. About a...
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Guess the Goat Giveaway Winner and Special Announcement
Guess what we woke up to this morning??? Buck Number 1. Buck Number 2 So, this means that somebody is gonna win the book Your Goats: A Kids Guide to Raising and Showing by Gail Damerow And that...
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Interview w/ Joel Salatin and HEAV Giveaway
Have you ever been to a state homeschool convention? I haven’t. And I’ve been homeschooling for 18 years! But this year, as an official Home Educators Association of Virginia blogger, I AM GOING! And I...
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HEAV Giveaway Winner
I am amazed at the overwhelming response we had to the Joel Salatin interview. Thanks to everyone for giving him a down-home Lessons from the Homestead welcome! Well, we chose a winner for the FREE...
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Let’s Share Our Blogs
Some time ago, we had a Meet and Greet here at Lessons from the Homestead. That was so much fun. I enjoyed meeting each of you and learning about where you are from and what you do with your kids. But,...
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Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
My daughter and I went with some friends yesterday to a festival called the Red Tent Extravaganza. It was a celebration of sorts of womanhood and was sponsored by a group of midwives and was to raise...
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Living Sustainably without the Farm
I’ve had a lot of questions lately about living a sustainable lifestyle–and training our children in that–when a family lives in a subdivision or small piece of property. Today, I want to tell you: You...
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My First Homeschool Convention
I have been homeschooling my kiddos for 18 years and this past weekend I attended my first homeschool convention ever. Can you believe it??? Let me tell you, don’t wait 18 years. Especially if you live...
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Homeschooling Year Round
On a private Facebook group I’m a part of, someone recently asked about homeschooling year-round. She wanted to know who does it, and why. Well, I guess that prompted me to answer that question here;...
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Looking for Team Members
I have some amazing things planned for both of my blogs that I cannot go into right now, but you will be really excited once I tell you. Part of this plan is that I’ve decided to add a few more voices...
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Magazine School
I absolutely love it when my kids learn things from places other than a textbook–especially when it’s free or cheap. Well, living ain’t free, or cheap; but it’s something that we have to do; so...
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