There is no doubt about it- baby chicks are one of the biggest joys of spring! Their fluffy little bodies and incessant peeping make everyone around them just a bit happier. However, if you are thinking about bringing a boxful of feathered fluff into your home, there is quite a bit of information you need to know! So for all of you first-time chicken owners, here is a Baby Chick 101! However, before we dive into the nitty gritty of chick raising, let’s make sure that you’re ready for ... Read More about Chicken Keeping 101: Raising Baby Chicks
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Simple Homemade Pasta Dough
As we all know, the world is a little crazy right now, but one of the silver linings is that lots of us have more time to learn new skills, try new recipes, and cook to our heart’s content! Over on Instagram I have been getting lots of requests for some of my basic, go-to recipes that are both delicious and easy to make! Some of these more simple recipes I haven’t popped on the blog because I tend to add to them to make them a bit more fun- meaning that instead of posting a Simple Homemade Pasta ... Read More about Simple Homemade Pasta Dough
Quarantine Pickles! Quick Fridge Pickles with Pantry Staples
I giggled when I dubbed these ‘quarantine pickles’ mainly because it feels very ‘I’m making weird things in jail out of commissary items’ but also because technically I am not in quarantine, but like most of America we are in the middle of a ‘shelter in place’ order during the Covid-19 outbreak. Usually I don’t make pickles in the early spring, but because I have lots of cucumbers in the fridge right now and I want to make sure that they don’t go bad over the next couple of weeks before I get ... Read More about Quarantine Pickles! Quick Fridge Pickles with Pantry Staples
How to Help Your Pup Age Gracefully with PetAlive
This post is sponsored by PetAlive I always like to say that I have had dogs since before I was born. There are pictures of me as an infant draped over my first Samoyed pup and I have been surrounded by animals ever since. I love them, they make life more full, more fun, and more satisfying, but whoever decided that dogs shouldn’t live as long as humans was throughly unfair! I’ve had my first personal Samoyed (meaning not a family dog, but my own!) for eight, just about to be nine, years now ... Read More about How to Help Your Pup Age Gracefully with PetAlive
The Sustainability of Leather
In the worlds of health, wellness, and sustainability there are an incredible number of ‘right’ answers for every concern. Packaging but organic, no packaging but GMO, vegan but full of additives or regenerative agriculture but meat based- all are sensible options but there is no one ‘right’ option because it depends on your lifestyle and which attributes of a product you deem most important. I feel the same way about the fashion industry. There are very big ‘no’ items like fast fashion, ... Read More about The Sustainability of Leather