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Sandbanks Provincial Park

June 13, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 4 Comments

Sandbanks Provincial Park

We have just come home from our mini camping trip, we were able to go up to Sandbanks Provincial Park with two of my sisters and their families.  We had a wonderful time, the weather was great, we only had rain Friday morning while we were packing up to go home, and the kids didn't mind. This is the first time we have taken the kids to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: beach, camping, family, sand dunes, sun

Garden Update

June 7, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

Garden Update

The garden is slowly coming to life.  Yesterday I was able to get into it and get some weeding done.  The weeds haven't taken it over yet, but I want to try to stay on top of them so it's not such a big job.  I love that our raised beds, the ones that have been established for a few years, rarely have weeds growing in them.  The large garden … [Read more...]

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Celebrating Adoption

June 5, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 4 Comments

Celebrating Adoption

Today is a special day for our family.  Three years ago we became an "official" family, we headed to the courthouse with our boy and stood up and said, "he is our son".  Today we celebrate adoption and our beautiful family!     … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: adoption, celebrate, family, foster care, home, Homesteading

DIY PVC Poultry Feeder

June 4, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 6 Comments

DIY PVC Poultry Feeder

With our growing flock of poultry we've been thinking of ways to make it easier to feed and water them.  After doing some research on making our own feeders I had decided to try to make a PVC feeder, while we were at Canadian Tire we picked up the supplies. This feeder is simple and very easy to make, Leighton cut the 10 foot pipe for me and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Homesteading, Poultry Tagged With: chicken feeder, DIY, duck feeder, feeder, Homesteading, pvc

Dryer Challenge

June 2, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 10 Comments

Dryer Challenge

After getting another Hydro bill telling us our rates are going up, AGAIN, Leighton and I started discussing our energy use.  Ideally, we would like to be off-grid, but since it is not something we can achieve in the near future, we are looking at other ways to limit our power usage. We have decided to stop using our dryer, at least for the summer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Homesteading Tagged With: challenges, dryer, energy, off grid

Mean Mother Hen

May 31, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

Mean Mother Hen

As of yesterday, one of our Dorking hens has decided to abandon her chicks.  Her chicks aren't day old's that will not survive without her, they are more than a few weeks old.  We have seen that they have slowly been wandering farther and farther from her during the day.  It was still shocking to see yesterday that she wanted nothing to do with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homesteading, Poultry Tagged With: chicken coop, Chickens, Chicks, farm, Homesteading, mean mom

How We Used DE to Get Rid of Mites and Lice – Plus Giveaway

May 29, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 3 Comments

How We Used DE to Get Rid of Mites and Lice – Plus Giveaway

Recently I was examining one of our new chicks and noticed some bugs crawling under her wing.  After taking a closer look I realized that she was infested with mites.  Since we have never had mites or lice in our coop before I quickly did an online search for some natural remedies.  The most common response to treating lice and mites naturally in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Poultry Tagged With: chicken coop, Chickens, DE, farm, Homesteading, lice, mites

Project Update

May 26, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead Leave a Comment

Project Update

We've been busy this week trying to get everything done that we had started over the past few weeks.    The last roll of fence finally came in, so Leighton and I have been working on getting the last of the chicken/duck run enclosed.  Just in time, we've seen raccoon tracks around.  We do close them in at night, but one year we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening, Homesteading, Poultry Tagged With: Chickens, ducks, farm, garden, Homesteading

We Planted Our Big Garden

May 23, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 8 Comments

We Planted Our Big Garden

Last year our big garden didn't do very well.  It was the first year we had it in and it was a wet year, because where we had decided to put it was so wet, we didn't have great growing conditions.  We knew we needed to do something to improve soil drainage if we wanted it to succeed this year. Leighton built a frame to go around the entire garden, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening, Homesteading Tagged With: gardening, planting, plants, raised garden, seeds, vegetables

6 Ways to Start Homesteading Today

May 20, 2015 By Twin Acres Homestead 8 Comments

6 Ways to Start Homesteading Today

Today's modern homesteaders are people who aren't afraid of hard work and getting dirty. If you've ever been curious about what happens on a homestead, know that today's homesteaders aren't all about cows and growing up in a saddle.  Today more and more people from all walks of life are looking for a more self-sufficient life, these are your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening, Homesteading Tagged With: baking, cheese, compost, foraging, garden, Homesteading

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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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