Backyard Beekeeping for Beginners
In this series, backyard beekeeping for beginners, I hope to share some important things to think about before beginning the…
Vintage Envelope Hardware Nail Apron Pillow Cover
Changing up your home decor can be as simple as changing out the colors and style of fabric that you…
Sugar Free Chocolate Ice Cream (Keto Low Carb)
This delicious homemade ice cream is made with just eight healthy ingredients. You won’t believe how easy it is to…
Landscape Gardening Around the Chicken Coop
Is it possible to have a pretty yard with flowers around the chicken coop? With the recent addition of the…
Backyard Farmhouse Chicken Coop
With simple directions, we built a small backyard farmhouse chicken coop. Complete with nesting boxes, roosting areas, multiple doors, a couple of ladders and a beautiful design, our chickens will have the best coop on the block.
Rustic Black Farmhouse Dining Chairs
I recently decided to put my original matching dining room chairs into storage, and purchased six vintage, mismatched dining room chairs. I lived with them being brown for quite some time, but on a whim, I decided to go for the rustic black farmhouse look that I really wanted on these dining room chairs. I used some black chalk paint and matte polycrylic to get the look I wanted.
Easy Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe
This ranch dressing recipe is so easy to make, and taste so much better than store bought! The recipe uses simple ingredients with no long words that you can’t pronounce, and it is free from preservatives.
Raised Bed Vegetable Garden Tour
It is late Spring here at Rocky Hedge Farm and of course that means a lot of gardening, flower planting, and so much more outside activities are going on. I built raised vegetable garden beds last year, added a few perennials but I have plans for a lot more this year.
How to Sew a Linen Pinafore Apron
I recently took a sewing class and learned how to make this Japanese style, linen cross back apron. With just a few supplies and simple sewing tutorial, you can also learn how easy it is to make this apron.
Homestead Update – Land Clean Up
Have you been following along with this wild journey of ours? I shared the beginning of this process in a post called Property Clean Up – Phase 1, and if you are following me on Instagram then I am sure you have seen some of the things that we have found.
Fresh Cut Lilac Branches
Lilacs are one of the first flowering bushes in our area and I enjoy gathering Lilacs to make arrangements to place in the rooms of our home. I also love the way they fill the house with their delightful scent. They never last long but with a few simple tips I have learned I how I can keep fresh cut Lilac branches in our home.
How To Plant Cosmos From Seeds
I love having a cut flower garden and this year I am adding Cosmos to my cut garden beds. I have read that they are profuse annual bloomers that are perfect for the cottage garden. They are known as very easy flowers to grow from seed and will last long through the summer until the first frost.