Category Archives: The Suburban Homestead Life

A Walk Through Our Winter Garden

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

It has been chilly here in coastal North Carolina lately…..I even went out to my car this morning and it was icy all over my car and my car doors were sticking that is such a rare occurrence in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Eating Whole Foods For Health, Keeping Chickens, Le Jardin (French For The Garden if your not sure ;)...), The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized | Tagged backyard, bok choy, bunching onions, chicken, chickens, coastal, eggs, enjoy, gals, garden, healthy, kale, le jardin, North Carolina, pak choy, tour, walk, weather, whole foods, winter | 13 Comments

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 End of The Ole’ Saturday Homesteading Trading Post Monthly Blog Hop For Now….

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

I have decided to end my monthly “The Ole Saturday Homesteading Trading Post’s” blog hop I have enjoyed doing them tremendously and I will of course continue to blog because I love it but the link up is requiring more … Continue reading →

Posted in The Ole' Saturday Homesteading Trading Post, The Suburban Homestead Life | Tagged blog hop, ending, for now, link up, Linky Tools, monthly, saturday, trading post | 6 Comments

Who Doesn’t Like Free?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Vintage/Antique Jugs That We have Used To Decorate Our Porch In Rustic Fashion This is becoming one of our favorite features because it’s always amazing to us all of the items and I mean really good items that people discard … Continue reading →

Posted in Dumpster Diving, Free, Money Talks, The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized | Tagged antique, basket, bills, deals, dumpster diving, economy, Free, freebies, frugal, gas, jugs, laundry, rain suit, resourceful, save, savings, sources, sustainable living, tablecloth, utility | 12 Comments

Primitive Canning Pantry Cupboard – Happy Early Christmas To Us!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Sometimes you don’t know what you want until you have it and that really was the case with me and this primitive canning cupboard. My husband loves to find deals at antique and vintage shops and me not so much. … Continue reading →

Posted in Are you Prepared for the future?, Canning Recipes, Making Your Home A Haven, The Suburban Homestead Life, The Tools of The Trade | Tagged antique, cabinet, canned goods, canning, Christmas, decorating, early, functional, furniture, gift, home, making your home a haven, pantry, primitive, useful, vintage | 12 Comments

It’s Pickin’ Time!

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Not Pig Pickin’ time either……I haven’t been posting as much lately I guess I am overwhelmed with work, the quiet of football being over and the fact that the holidays are right around the corner. I guess this time … Continue reading →

Posted in Free, Frugality, Money Talks, The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized | Tagged Cody Lundin, coffee maker, discover, diy, Dumpster, dumpster diving, Free, frugal, mental, nice finds, Pickin, pot rack, resourceful, saving money, savings, trash to treasure, wine bottle opener | 27 Comments

Our New Favorite Squash – The Tromboncino

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

We absolutely love this extremely versatile italian summer squash which when its young and green you can eat it just like a zucchini but once it gets older you eat it like it’s a winter squash. I can’t wait to … Continue reading →

Posted in Eating Whole Foods For Health, Greenhouse & Seed Starting, Le Jardin (French For The Garden if your not sure ;)...), The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized, Unprocessed Food Staples | Tagged abundance, blackberry bush, bounty, Dad, friend, garden, gardening, harvest, homesteading, Revolution, slow food, summer, sustainable living, Thanksgiving, tromboncino, viking, Winter squash, zucchini, zuccini | 5 Comments

An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away & The Winner of our “Lessons From The Beehive Giveaway”

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away then we are set here at our Lil’ Suburban Homestead. We just went up the mountains and had loads of adventures but right now I just want to talk about apples. … Continue reading →

Posted in Are you Prepared for the future?, Canning Recipes, Eating Whole Foods For Health, My Tiny Galley Kitchen's Results, Survival Diva, The Suburban Homestead Life, Uncategorized | Tagged Apple, Apple pie, applesauce, Beehive, bees, biltmore, canning, Carol, fall, Fuji, Giveaway, honey, lessons, List of apple cultivars, Mutsu, Rome, United States, winner | 10 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

A Henpecked Rooster & a Nippy Turken, Lessons From The Beehive Giveaway & The Ole’ Saturday Homesteading Trading Post Ed. No. 36

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Lil' Suburban Homestead

Could I fit any more into this one post this weekend? 😉 Well I get passionate about things I guess….. I had to share with all of you these videos of our hen-pecked rooster and our nippy Turken. You know … Continue reading →