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Beneficial HERBS for your Chickens

Herbs whether fresh or dried can have many benefits for your flock. You can purchase herbs from your local Supermarket they will have several dried varieties but in smaller packages. They will also carry fresh herbs but depending on where you live it can be hard to get a good selection most of the year. Also lets not even discuss the price of fresh herbs here in Canada during the winter months. During the spring and summer months you can visit a local greenhouse for select herbs growing in pots if you want to grow your own herbs. Some herbs...

26' Geodesic Dome 4 Season Greenhouse

Hello Everyone, this is not a boring how to build a Geodesic Dome story but our adventures of building our 26' Geodesic Dome, pros and cons of the 26' Arctic Acres Geodesic Dome and also some things we would do differently next time; and yes we would totally build another! We purchased our Geodesic Dome through Arctic Acres located in Ontario Canada very similar to the design by Growing Spaces in the United States of America. If you are interested in the Geodesic Dome build or materials used during our build you can check out our YouTube Channel @AlbertaAdventurerFamily. We...

Homemade Pumpkin Pie

Making your own pumpkin pie is so worth it and very rewarding as well. What an amazing feeling it was at Thanksgiving to serve Pumpkin Pie that we grew right from seed in our very own Garden. The only thing we cheated on was the Pie Crust but in the future I would also like to make that from scratch as well. You can use different varieties of Pumpkins for Pumpkin Pie Puree filling but we choose to use a Jarrahdale Pumpkin (Blue Pumpkin) for ours and we were not disappointed! STEP 1: Make sure your pumpkin is all...

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Recipe

One of our favorite ways to use our rhubarb is making pie. Nothing beats homemade warm pie fresh from the oven with a scoop of French Vanilla ice cream. We usually get a harvest of rhubarb in June and again early August and depending on the year I can sometimes get a fall harvest as well. The recipe I will share is one of my families favorites; you can choose to make your own crust however I cheated and bought the frozen pie shells and the Pillsbury pie tops. MAKES 4 LARGE PIES 8 Cups Chopped Rhubarb 3 Cups Chopped...

Pickled Carrots & Garlic Dill Pickles | Hot Water Bath Canning

Using this recipe we made: 12 Jars (250 Ml.) of Pickled Carrots 12 Jars (500 Ml.) of Garlic Dill Pickles 2 Jars (250 Ml.) of Hot Jalapenos & Garlic Carrots Start by sterilizing your glass jars and lids using your preferred method. I choose to boil in hot water for 10 minutes and then just let them sit...

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