Slaters' Funny Farm

 Many of us hear this word homesteading, but are we truly aware of what that means and the lifestyle that comes along with it? Homesteading is a way of life that involves a person/persons living a life that is as self- sufficient as possible. A lifestyle that involves needing to know how to live off nature and your own skills as much as possible.  The word homesteading on Dictionary.com means " any dwelling with land and buildings where a family makes a home", but today's standards are more of a self-sufficient lifestyle.  What should you know before deciding to homestead? Number one, it is not an easy lifestyle. It takes work and hard work at that. Many people dream of homesteading but fail because they are unaware and unprepared to do the work that is involved. Some homesteaders want to live off grid, but that is not a necessity. Second, you need to know that there are many ideas as to what is involved in homesteading and decide what you can and can't or are and are...

  Good Morning and welcome to March! A new month and a bit closer to spring, which I know many of us are looking forward to following the cold and snowy weather that winter has brought to us. We struggled with a weekend that did not get temperatures that reached much higher than the 30's, but I know tomorrow we are forecasted to be in the 60's. Weather changes here in the Midwest seem to be rather large at times.  Oh well! Enough about that, let's get on with our Happy Homemaker Monday post and link up over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom and check out the other amazing bloggers that write and link up there as well. Each of these ladies have wonderful and amazing words to share and are busy as you will read making sure their homes and families are cared for in such a nice way.  THE WEATHER IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS: We are to have decent weather this week with temperatures, but there are several days that we have good chances of rain. Temperatures will average 45-60 for dayt...