- Growing Herbs on the Hobby Farm
Written by Yesenia: Herbs have been a part of my life as long as I could remember. I was fortunate to be born into a culture that believed herbs had the power to heal and protect. My dad had a tea for every aliment and used spices and herbs to add flavor to food. Our… Read more: Growing Herbs on the Hobby Farm - Fun, Facts, Fiction, and Feathers
“The Chic Chic Kingdom” is a children’s book I wrote for my granddaughters when they were young. I published it on Kindle Direct Publishing, and it is available to read with a Kindle membership. It has some good facts about chickens that follows up on the post that I made about Raising Chickens for Eggs… Read more: Fun, Facts, Fiction, and Feathers - Raising Chickens for Eggs and Meat
We started our new egg layers in May. When they are very small they need a heat lamp to keep them warm. We used a plastic sled and placed it on the back porch so that I could keep constant watch over them. The porch is closed in so no cold air blows on them.… Read more: Raising Chickens for Eggs and Meat - Harvest Time is Here
The first vegetables taste so good. Today we dug 2 potato plants to get some new potatoes for dinner. These were under those 2 plants. They are looking very good. We thank the Lord for the nice potatoes. We are so thankful that we did not have any potato bugs this year and the plants… Read more: Harvest Time is Here - Fun, Fiction, & Feathers
The Chickie-Doodle-Do Farm Says It’s Ok to be Different is a book I wrote for children to help them accept themselves and others the way God made them. The pictures are digital prints of our chickens. This is an excerpt from the book: “Early in the morning before the sun rises the roosters begin to… Read more: Fun, Fiction, & Feathers - About Our Family and Pictures of the Garden Start-Up
About our Family There are two things that are very important in my life that is my faith in Jesus Christ and in the wellbeing of my family. Our children grew up in a multicultural home and are bilingual in English and Spanish. The head of the household has passed away but we still make… Read more: About Our Family and Pictures of the Garden Start-Up - How We Use Herbs for Medical Purposes
Garlic and onions are easy to grow and are very medical. We use them in many of our recipes. They are also easy to dehydrate, grind, and use all winter. We grow our own Herbs without pesticides and use them for medical purposes. The other day my son was cleaning out a small green house… Read more: How We Use Herbs for Medical Purposes - How We Keep Honey Bees on the Hobby Farm
I will not bore you with how to be a Beekeeper because there are so many professional beekeepers online that know how very well. I am going to just tell you the first steps we take to start our hive once the cold weather is gone. Our bees die during the winter from the cold,… Read more: How We Keep Honey Bees on the Hobby Farm - My Journey with Kiki
I wrote this book for my granddaughter, she was 11 at the time I started the book. She loves giraffes and we always wanted to take a trip to Africa to see all the animals. In the story she is the narrator and Kiki is a young giraffe. Any age reader would enjoy the book… Read more: My Journey with Kiki - How We Grow Garlic on a Hobby Farm
Our best crop on our Hobby Farm is garlic. The deer don’t like it and the cold doesn’t hurt it. We plant our garlic in the fall just before freezing weather. You don’t need any special seeds just use the garlic that you enjoy eating. Break open the head and separate the cloves. Don’t peel… Read more: How We Grow Garlic on a Hobby Farm