The Pixie Dusted Farmhouse
Small acreage homesteading in East Tennessee
Welcome to our farm
My 2021 Spring Garden Seed Starting Plan
Getting ready to plant a garden can be an overwhelming task, especially when a lot of your seed packets come with instructions to start indoors a certain number of weeks before the last spring frost. I put together a little guide for how I am learning how to handle seed starting, since I’m starting aContinue reading “My 2021 Spring Garden Seed Starting Plan”
Adding Ducks to Your Homestead
While chickens were our gateway into this homesteading life, ducks have had my heart since I could walk basically. So naturally we’ve ended up with them on our little farm. We’ve got some friends that made a deal with us – if they bought us ducks, we’d be their duck egg suppliers. Lately I’ve triedContinue reading “Adding Ducks to Your Homestead”
Pests in the Garden
I tend to get lulled into a false sense of security when my plants germinate and start maturing. They sprouted, they’re growing, what could go wrong? A lot. A lot could go wrong. This is by no means an exhaustive list of garden irritants and how to deal with them, but this is what weContinue reading “Pests in the Garden”
The Pixie Dusted Farmhouse 