Growing herbs, fruit and vegetables without any pesticides or herbicides. Canning and freezing food. Writing children's books

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Author: Mollie

  • Growing Herbs on the Hobby Farm

    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 meals… Read more

  • Fun, Facts, Fiction, and Feathers

    The Chic Chic Kingdom This book I wrote for my granddaughters several years ago 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… Read more

  • 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

  • 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

  • Fun, Fiction, & Feathers

    I wrote this book to help children accept themselves and others the way God made them. The pictures are digital prints of our chickens. Look for other books I have written on Kindle Direct Publishing and on Christian Faith Publisher. Just slide the scroll bar down on the right side of the book to read… Read more

  • 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

  • How We Use Herbs for Medical Purposes

    Spider Bite 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 getting it ready for planting tomatoes. He saw a spider and felt the bite. Perhaps it wasn’t the very poisonous one, but any spider can scare you when… Read more

  • How We Keep Honey Bees on the Hobby Farm

    Three weeks later we check the boxes to make sure the bees are working. My son adds the queen excluder and another box on top. More to come on Keeping Honey Bees on the Hobby Farm. Read more

  • 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

  • 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