Mini Cordwood Build: Clearing for the Foundation
We don’t have any flat spots anywhere on our land to build a house. This spot we chose is the closet thing to flat in this general area. While we want to use the slope of the land to our benefit, the spot for the house does need to be …
DIY Plant Spacing Rulers
Beans are an excellent crop for kids to be able to plant. Last year, I just gave them each a handful of beans and directed them to a garden bed. We ended up with clumps of bean plants, which still grew, but we can do better this year. I decided …
Transplanting Seedlings with Kids
After the kids helped me plant all the seeds in the seed pots and watched them grow, they continued to be excited about helping in the garden. The idea of giving children tender transplants to put in the ground can make people nervous (myself included), but if they actually want …
Free Resources to Teach Kids About Plants
We do our best to spend as much time as possible outside, especially after a long, cold winter. However, on the really rainy days, you may just need something to do with the kids inside. The links I listed below are full of plant worksheets and activities for the little …
Mini Cordwood Build: Gathering Flooring Tiles
The floor we intend to use is a dirt floor. I will get into the details of that aspect when we do it, but it is not just dirt beneath your feet. It ends up nicely sealed so that you aren’t getting dirt all over the place. What I am …
Building a Frog Habitat
Frogs can be great friends for you have in your garden and great learning tools for your kids. Frogs eat lots of bugs like mosquitos and garden pests. The more frogs, the less pests. Watching frog eggs turn into tadpoles and then frogs in your own backyard is awesome to …
Starting Seeds with Kids
Living on a homestead, you grow your own food. Maybe just a small garden at first, but it’s a big part of having a homestead. The kids need to learn how to grow their own food, too. Let’s get them started ASAP, so they know from a young age that …
Testing Seed Viability, Teaching Kids Gardening
An important part of raising children on the homestead is to teach the children how to do all the different homestead chores. Not only for them to learn for themselves, but to also learn responsibility for their share of the work. Now, my children are too young to be sent …