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Growing Celery

Morningbird Homestead and Hearthcraft, Morningbird's Garden

A few years ago, I planted three celery plants I bought at the garden center in my herb garden and basically treated them like my herbs. They grew lots of […]

Housewarming Houseplants

Morningbird Homestead and Hearthcraft, Kitchen Witch Corner, Morningbird's Garden

If you’re as bummed about the end of the gardening season as I am, you may be thinking of ways to brighten up your indoor surroundings and nothing says springtime […]

Raising Mealworms for the Birds

Morningbird Homestead and Hearthcraft

My step-lizard was 2 years old when my husband and I got married and my husband has always fed him mealworms as an occasional treat (he mostly ate veggies) so […]

Simple Salves

Morningbird Book of Shadows, Homestead and Hearthcraft, Kitchen Witch Corner

Salves are soothing medicine for the skin in a convenient form. Nourishing oils thickened with waxes or butters and enhanced with the goodness of herbs and essential oils, salves can […]

First Harvest Reflections

Morningbird Holy Days, Homestead and Hearthcraft, Kitchen Witch Corner

The feast of the First Harvest is a feast of little bits. The garden is full of promise, but not full of ripe produce. We have some zucchini, an eggplant, […]

Seeding a Path

Morningbird Homestead and Hearthcraft, Morningbird's Garden

Today the weather was quite nice. Sunny and cool. I decided to let the birds wander loose and spend some time in the garden while I can. In truth, […]

2018 New Year, New Plans

Morningbird Homestead and Hearthcraft, My Homestead Journal

2017 was a year of major losses for us and we’re really focusing on mitigating them for the coming year. We lost our drake to a weasel and our buck […]

Gardening for Butterflies

Morningbird Morningbird's Garden

Many Pagans consider nature to be sacred and enjoy inviting the wild creatures of our neighborhood to share our gardens with us. A butterfly garden is an excellent way to […]

Springtime Babies in Waiting

Morningbird Homestead and Hearthcraft

Here on the homestead, springtime means babies. There are a lot of reasons for this but for me, the primary reason springtime means babies versus any other time of the […]

Apples

Morningbird Food, Homestead and Hearthcraft, Kitchen Witch Corner, Morningbird's Garden

The apple tree is a deciduous, fruit-bearing tree that produces the crisp fruit that gives it its name. It is a relatively small tree, reaching 25 feet in height and […]