Using Lavender Essential Oil Lavender is a wondrous plant with many uses. We know lavender was used as far back as ancient Egypt.
How to Glean Potatoes
Have you ever considered gleaning potatoes? Find out how to glean potatoes the right way! When I was a small child, I remember helping my mom glean potatoes. It seems like a true Idaho activity to do, so I decided to introduce my kids to the activity a couple of years ago. However, I’ve been […]
Spring KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway
How I learned to cook, along with a KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway! I started cooking when I was pretty young. Some of you may have memories of learning to cook by your mom’s side, as she explained the processes, but my experience was quite different from that. You see, when I was maybe 10 years old, […]
6 Ways to Support Your Blogging Friends
I get asked all the time about how people can best help me or another friend, as a blogger, so I thought that you might find it helpful to hear what I say to them.
2017 Most Popular Posts
The Top 10 Most Popular Posts on the blog! My first full year of blogging on As For Me and My Homestead has come to a close. It’s been a wonderful year, full of the busyness of raising and homeschooling 3 kids.
Facebook Statuses for Awareness
Should you be using your facebook status to raise awareness for a cause? So…. apparently it’s that time of year where fake Facebook statuses abound, all in the name of awareness. I’ll cut to the chase and say it bluntly: I don’t do that. I am of the old fashioned mindset that if you want […]
Meet the Kids at our Homestead
Meet the kids of our homestead. Dan and I have been blessed with three children. After dealing with infertility early in our marriage, I admit that I wondered if I would ever be able to have a child. But apparently one of the things God has been teaching us (or maybe just me?) is that […]