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    • Making Hay Without a Tractor
    • Simple Hard Lotion Bars
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Learning New Skills

January 12, 2020 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

Learning New Skills

Every month or so, my sisters and I like to get together for a ‘girls night’. This year we have decided to learn something new when we get together. January we tried making two new home remedy recipes, a pine needle cough syrup and a winter cordial. The recipe for the cough syrup can be found at grow forage cook ferment. We will have to wait to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogger, DIY, Family Tagged With: DYI, family, home remedy

Handmade Gifts for Children

November 19, 2017 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

Handmade Gifts for Children

The holiday season is here, a busy time in most homes and ours is no different. With the season comes the fun task of finding the perfect gift to give our little ones, to spark wonder and excitement in their eyes.  Every year we try to have at least one handmade gift under the tree for our children, and most years it’s these open-ended materials … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Family Tagged With: Blocks, children, Christmas, DIY, fairy houses, frugal, fun, gifts, handmade Gifts, homestead, woodworking

Making Hay Without a Tractor

September 13, 2016 By Twin Acres Homestead 1 Comment

Making Hay Without a Tractor

This is the first summer on our little homestead that we have been in need of hay for ourselves.  In years previous we have only ever had poultry and rabbits, no real need for large amounts of hay.  That changed this spring when we brought home our two weed eaters.  The goats have been an amazing addition to our homestead, and we are looking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Homesteading Tagged With: baler, DIY, feeding, Goats, hay, homestead, making hay, no equipment

Watercolours from the Garden

August 4, 2016 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

Watercolours from the Garden

The boys love to paint, inside, outside.....anywhere.  It's one of their favorite things to do during quiet times.  While we were in the garden picking beets and getting stains all over our hands, I thought how fun it would be if we could make our own paint.  Finding non-toxic edible paint for infants and toddlers can be expensive, and I want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Family, Gardening, Kids on the Homestead Tagged With: DIY paint, gardening, homestead, kids, vegetable paint, watercolours

How To Save Time In The Garden

July 22, 2016 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

How To Save Time In The Garden

  On the homestead we are always looking for ways to streamline our daily chores.  Time is a precious thing, and there never seems to be enough of it to get all that we want done in a day.  During the scorching days of July and August one of our daily time consuming chores is watering the gardens.  Unless we get a decent downpour of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Gardening, Homesteading Tagged With: gardening, green gardens, Homesteading, rain catchment, rain water, sustainability

DIY Tree Blocks

November 23, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

DIY Tree Blocks

These DIY blocks are a great addition to any playroom or classroom.  After admiring the look and feel of natural tree blocks for years, but not wanting to pay the often high price for something I felt I could make myself, I finally decided to make a set for the boys last Christmas.  This project took me an afternoon, easy and quick while providing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Kids on the Homestead Tagged With: Blocks, Building, Christmas, DIY, gifts, kids, Tree Blocks

Simple Hard Lotion Bars

November 15, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 1 Comment

Simple Hard Lotion Bars

As Christmas is fast approaching we are busy preparing gifts for our loved ones.  This year we are making quite a few gifts to share with our children and family.  One quick and easy gift we like to share around the holidays are hard lotion bars.  These hard lotion bars can be made quickly in the kitchen with materials you probably already have on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Homesteading Tagged With: Christmas gifts, Coconut Oil, DIY, Hard Lotion Bars, Homesteading, simple

Saving Money on Chicken Feed

August 7, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 2 Comments

Saving Money on Chicken Feed

Along with sprouting grain for our chickens and ducks, Leighton quickly assembled this simple setup to grow our own feed in the chicken and duck pen.  We are always looking for ways to reduce our feed bill, especially when organic feed is so pricey.  With this simple feeding setup we are creating a 'salad' bar for our flock that they love. I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Homesteading, Poultry Tagged With: cheap, Chickens, DIY, ducks, feed

Hunting for Old Fence

July 23, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 2 Comments

Hunting for Old Fence

This morning Lori and I went out to our parents place to look for some old fence, specifically barbed wire fencing.  There are a lot of old fence lines on the property and the majority  have barbed wire somewhere in them.  I've had some requests for more dragonfly's and needed some more barbed wire to finish them. Want to make your own barbed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Family, Homesteading, Uncategorized Tagged With: art, fence, gifts, Homesteading

Best DIY Poultry Watering System

July 14, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 1 Comment

Best DIY Poultry Watering System

  This month Leighton has been working on the watering system in our chicken and duck run.  We are trying to make our system more self-sufficient and wanted to include rain water as the main source of water for this setup.  I am impressed with how it has turned out and how quickly the birds found it and started using it, it is the best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Poultry Tagged With: Chickens, DIY, ducks, rain water, watering system

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Hello and welcome, I'm Lindsey, together with my husband and young children we are working to live a simpler and more sustainable life, one small step at a time. Join us as we start to live a more natural life, sharing tips and tricks along the way.

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