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By Hannah Breckbill, Lehman’s Hardware As a vegetable farmer, all season long I’m confronted with too much abundance — it’s absolutely overwhelming. In winter, though, it can feel like the opposite if I don’t prepare. So the question for me is, how can I manage the abundance of summer so that I can enjoy it into […]
By Galen Lehman, Lehman’s Hardware A few nights ago, we canned our own tomato juice. We found out that it is very efficient and easy! Discover the three reasons why you should can tomato juice every year. REASON 1: TOMATOES ARE EASY TO GROW. You can even grow them in containers if you don’t have room for a garden! In […]
by Patrice Lewis, Lehman’s Hardware January and February – traditionally the coldest, bleakest months of the year – have one highlight, something like the gardener’s version of the swallows returning to Capistrano: the arrival of seed catalogs in the mail. The timing of these catalogs is no accident. Amidst the snow and wind, these beautiful, […]
By Teresa Pilegaard, Lone Rose Homestead We went to a farmers market. The farm had a rabbit and that was it, my one year old was in love. We thought she’d grow out of it, but we’d visit that rabbit almost weekly. When the farm gave the rabbit away to a pet home she was so […]
By Sarah Nussbaum, Lehman’s Hardware One of the cornerstones of being prepared is to identify items that multitask and to embrace their use during normal times. Doing so not only saves money but also saves storage space and eliminates having to choose which product or item to use for what. A good example is the […]
By Jenna Dooley, The Flip Flop Barnyard Our family works hard to raise as much of our own food as possible. This includes a garden for fresh eating and preserving food, dairy animals, and raising our own meat. When it comes to meat and dairy, we like to raise them on pasture. We are […]
By Kaylee Richardson, The Farm on Quail Hollow This should be one of the first questions that you should consider when you think about raising pigs on your homestead. There are many different breeds of pigs and researching a specific breed based on meat type is probably one of the most important. You are […]
[Find more from this series by starting at the first blog HERE.] By Tom Reese III Our living room is dark, a movie is paused on the TV providing a shallow glow in the corner by the couch. For the past two days, we debated on spending a significant amount of money for a flight […]
It’s the emergency situation no one wants to think about: An extended power outage lasting two or more weeks. The thought of losing lights, refrigeration, heat, washing machines, and hot water understandably leaves some people paralyzed with fear. If you’ve never lived without these resources, then their long-term absence is not just inconvenient, […]
By Glenda Lehman Ervin, Lehman’s Hardware Editor’s Note: In less than a week, Easter will be here along with the month of April! Glenda Lehman Ervin, VP of Marketing, shares with Country Life fun, easy Easter crafts that she does with her children. It’s a great way to spend time with your family and create […]