Artsy Metropolitan Living In A Satire
All the home and garden articles for in the home and out. Decorating, design, painting walls, building fences, housing animals, renovating……get it all right here.
Winter is HERE. We’ve had plenty of subzero days already and you can definitely see a difference in our flock when we have a longer cold spell. It takes a lot of energy to keep your body temperature up when it is that far below freezing. When we have several days of single digit …
Homemade Suet Beef Tallow Bird Seed Bricks for Chickens Read More »
Wool. Not just for sweaters. We are big into wool hats, blankets, and tights. Let’s not forget lanolized diaper covers. And of course cute felted wool garland and animals. But the most common wool item in our home is in the form of dryer balls. Wool dryer balls have been popular for many years now. …
Rendered Grass-Fed Beef Tallow Render that fat! Wait. What? I am continuously flabbergasted by how many people buy a whole steer from a CSA or local farm, but then say “no thanks” to the bones and fat. I will go into the bones topic another time. Today let’s talk fat. Tallow is the name …
Its the most wonderful time of the year…….for rustic decor! OK, some people go for sleek and modern for the holidays, but I really love a mellow vibe. In our house, my approach to Christmas decor has been to embrace rustic style and neutrals. This approach helps me not get sick of it year to …
A Rural Minnesota Chicken Coop. How we house and protect our chickens. Look at what little babies these pullets were! They were only about 14 weeks old when I took these photos. I kinda wanna squeeeeeee when I look at how tiny their combs were. So let’s talk coops. There a ton of different ways …
A Chicken Coop In Rural Minnesota: Our Chicken Coop Set Up Read More »
So, when we moved into this house, we set up one bedroom as the holding station for the kids while we worked on getting the other bedrooms fixed in the renovation project. This house needed a lot of work. It still does. The previous owners had the Master suite in the basement converted into a …