Lessons in part-time homesteading, full-time adventure.

  • Rhubarb Roundup

    I love that rhubarb is ready to harvest just about the time when we plant the garden. It’s so nice to get to harvest something so early while trying (sometimes more successfully than others) to be patient waiting for the seeds to start sprouting in the garden. I’m going to share a recipe right up…

  • Spring Starts: Part 2

    Now that the tomato and pepper starts have gotten to where their roots are pushing through the peat pods, it’s time to get them some more space. We have tried peat pots and coconut pots and didn’t love either one. The coconut pots didn’t ever seem to break down and just made a mess—we also…

  • Bees in the Spring

    Although spring seems like a time of new beginnings in so many ways, with our bees it also feels like an ending. It’s an ending to the winter when we have to make sure we’ve set our bees up for success through snow, wind, rain, and sometimes temperatures more than 20 degrees below zero. We’re…

  • Spring Starts

    One of the most exciting times of the year is when we can start to feel winter winding down and we can get our garden starts going. Mr. B gets pretty bad cabin fever, and this always perks him right up. Admittedly I get less cabin fever because fall and winter are my busiest times…

  • About Frog Pond Homestead

    I’m Alie and my husband and I have a small homestead in north-central Idaho. Our neighbors always comment about how loud the frogs in our pond are in the spring, hence, Frog Pond Homestead. Given that our nearest neighbor is over a quarter of a mile away, I would say we have pretty impressive and…