Category Archives: Homesteading

Happy New Years From The Gals At Lil’ Suburban Homestead

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

The Gals and The Viking and I would like to wish all of our readers a prosperous and healthy New Year for 2013! We have been so thankful to share with all of you our hopes, our dreams, our successes … Continue reading →

Posted in Festive Frugal Holidays, Homesteading, Keeping Chickens, The Suburban Homestead Life | Tagged 2013, backyard chickens, best wishes, chickens, dreams, failures, happy new year, Happy New Years, healthy, hopes, keeping chickens, New Year, New Years Eve, prosperous, readers, successes | 9 Comments

The Best Things Are Made With Love

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

I love Pinterest and this past year I found a vegetable hod for gardening that I wanted this was the inspiration “Vegetable Hod” and when I showed it to my husband he said “It’s a shame I don’t have time … Continue reading →

Posted in DIY, Homesteading, Le Jardin (French For The Garden if your not sure ;)...), The Active Homesteader, Uncategorized | Tagged diy, frugal, garden, gardener, gardening, gift, great, handy, Hod, home, idea, Pinterest, plants, project, seeds, thoughtful, tool, vegetable, viking | 9 Comments

Holiday Greetings From Lil’ Suburban Homestead

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

We are very grateful this year at our Lil’ Suburban Homestead that we all have had a healthy year and have been blessed with more blessings and surrounded by those we love and who love us in return than we … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Fun, Festive Frugal Holidays, Homesteading, Making Your Home A Haven, Uncategorized | Tagged #happyholidays, #tistheseason, bacon, Christmas and holiday season, gift, gift giving, Greeting card, happy holidays, holiday, homesteading, Jesus, merry christmas, monetary, money bags, readers, rewards, suburban homestead, sustainable living, validation, viking | 11 Comments

Is It Time For An Energy Revolution?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Enough is Enough! Our local energy company wants to increase rates by 14.2%! I can’t believe it! Well the Greedy keep getting greedier….isn’t that how it goes…..if this passes this may really be the year we just learn to swelter … Continue reading →

Posted in Are you Prepared for the future?, Homesteading, Money Talks, Survival Diva, The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized | Tagged Business, Duke Energy, Energy, Greedy, hikes, increases, inflation, money, off grid, Progress Energy, Public utility, raises, recession, Revolution, technology, Utilities | 3 Comments

Think Your Chickens Are Safe? Think Again!

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

When we built our chicken yurt this past summer we made sure to reinforce the bottom of our fencing so it was double layered to prevent predators from getting through the fencing. But what I am about to show you … Continue reading →

Posted in Homesteading, Keeping Chickens, Uncategorized | Tagged chicken, chicken feed, chickens, foxes, homesteading, humane traps, keeping, management, pest, possum, Poultry, predators, raccoons, raising, rodent, Rural Living, Suburban, sustainable living | 17 Comments

Holy Cannoli Batman Look At Those Jerusalem Artichoke Plants!

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Did that grab your attention? I hope so! I just had to show you how tall our Jerusalem Artichoke plants got this summer. For a little reference my son “The tall one” is 6′ 4″….I cannot wait to cook these … Continue reading →

Posted in Are you Prepared for the future?, Eating Whole Foods For Health, Homesteading, Le Jardin (French For The Garden if your not sure ;)...) | Tagged big, delicious, garden, gardening, husband, jerusalem artichokes, plants, Recipe, son, tall | 8 Comments

Our Featured Blog This Month Prudent Living & The Ole’ Saturday Homesteading Trading Post Ed. No. 35

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Our featured blog this month is Nancy at Prudent Living. She makes some of the most beautiful recipes and she has her own magazine called Prudent Living Magazine and best of all its FREE! One of my favorite posts that … Continue reading →

Posted in Homesteading, The Ole' Saturday Homesteading Trading Post, The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized | Tagged Apple pie, blog, blog hop, blueberry pie filling, Free, frugal, gardening, home, magazine, Ole' Saturday Homesteading Trading Post, pantry, potatoes, prudent living, Recipe, sustainable, trading post | 13 Comments

What To Do With An Egg Bound Hen

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Hazel our Buff Orpington chicken was not moving at all yesterday morning I was worried but had to leave for work and I didn’t know if she had a disease or something major wrong with her. The first thing my … Continue reading →

Posted in Homesteading, Keeping Chickens, The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized | Tagged backyard chickens, buff orpington, chicken, egg, egg binding, egg bound, egg stuck, fatal | 18 Comments

An Easter Egg Layer – Photo Of The Week

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

I call this chicken my Americauna but my friend who is a Biology teacher thinks she is an Arucana and he is probably right….I don’t teach Biology but either way she is one of my Easter Egg layers and lays … Continue reading →

Posted in Homesteading, Keeping Chickens, The Suburban Homestead Life | Tagged americauna, arucana, birthday, chickens, easter egg layers, green eggs, photo of the week | 6 Comments

Starting Your Own Meal Worm Farm – Your Chickens Will Thank You!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

A couple of years ago I started a meal worm farm for our chickens….I know I know I usually get all sorts of reactions from people on this one. However you have to realize the gals are a big priority … Continue reading →