Misadventures in Homesteading
I tried to grind wheat into flour today. Without a grain mill. I say “tried” because I didn’t so much “succeed” as “not wildly fail.”
Author: Erin D.
Before You Reach for the Chocolate Sauce…
…might I suggest something else? Something utterly unconventional and pretty odd-sounding? Yes? Ok. Here we go! My husband and I received an ice cream maker for Christmas, which gives me the perfect excuse to indulge (ok, perhaps to over-indulge) in one of my favorite ice …
A Clear Benefit of Hosting With Us
Recently, we rescued Pantry Paratus from a sub-optimal relationship with another hosting company. Check out their response times since that happened: It’s pretty clear where we came into the picture, right? We will never oversell our servers, like most other hosting companies do. Your Google …
Fetching the Milk
(or: “How real food reversed my high cholesterol.”) Finding organic, whole, local foods for our families can be a challenging and often costly endeavor. I find it well worth the extra work and expense, however, to have the peace of mind which comes with knowing …
Why We Do What We Do
Things are progressing wonderfully here at Black Chicken Host. Each day, we’re getting to know our customers and their websites better, helping them to grow and thrive. Working at other hosting companies, the aspects I enjoyed most were getting to know customers well, developing a …
Watch FRESH online for FREE – 1 week only!
The makers of the movie “FRESH” sent us this email today, and we wanted to share the opportunity with you! “Here at FRESH, we’re always looking for ways to build the good food movement and reach a tipping point where sustainable food is the rule, …
Black Chicken Host Opposes SOPA/PIPA
Normally, we avoid talking of politics at Black Chicken Host. However, this is so important we feel we need to speak up. Various internet sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit, BoingBoing, Icrontic and thousands of others are going dark tomorrow to protest the Congressional bills known …
Two Websites Homesteaders Should Know About
Black Chicken Host is completely thrilled to bring two homesteading powerhouses to you: Homesteading Heroine Jill W. of The Prairie Homestead and Wholesome Food Genius Millie C. of Real Food for Less Money are now happily settled into their new homes on our servers, and …
Motorcycles and Being Green
There are plenty of aspects of my life which conflict – being a fan of horsepower (airplanes, motorcycles, classic cars) does not generally mesh well with being environmentally responsible. Thus, I temper my need for speed most of the time. The one indulgence I allow …
WordPress Plugins – Pros and Cons
Many bloggers use WordPress (and we do, too!) which is a fantastic tool to use for an online presence. In addition to very nice built-in functionality, there is a robust community of developers who write add-on features for WP called “plugins.” Plugins can do anything …