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 a…
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 tried…
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 we…
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