Author: Veronica Sparks

Veronica is a freelance writer, avid gardener, and suburban homesteader. She loves writing about home DIY, gardening, and self-sufficiency, and on any given Saturday, you can find her rewatching New Girl for the 100th time.

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Growing Food

7 Perennial Food Plants That Will Yield Harvests for Years

strawberry hanging on a plant in a garden
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Preserving Food

Our Favorite Recipe for Canning Chicken (And How to Do It Safely)

Chicken and other meat canned in glass jars. Canning chicken at home.
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Raising Animals

20 Common Chicken Diseases and Ailments to Watch For In Your Flock

Closeup side profile of brown chicken
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Raising Animals

Healthy Hen Home: How to Clean a Chicken Coop in 7 Easy Steps

chickens in the door of a wood chicken coop
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Growing Food

9 Beneficial Flowers For Vegetable Gardens

Young woman in white dress holding basket of yellow flowers
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Growing Food

7 Quick Growing Vegetables to Plant in Spring for a Fast Harvest

spring vegetable garden with green onions and lettuce
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Growing Food

A Guide to Companion Planting Vegetables

Lettuce and green onions, companion planting in raised garden bed
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Suburban Homesteading

13 Ways to Start Apartment Homesteading

Apartment building with interior balcony gardens.
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Raising Animals

Feeding Chickens Egg Shells: Benefits and How-To

heap of brown eggshells scattered on marble surface in daylight
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Raising Animals

Feed Your Flock the Right Way: How to Make Homemade Chicken Feed

Elderly person's hand feeding seeds to a white chicken