Why should I label or tag my blog posts?

I guess the question I should be asking is: "Are you only planning to share your blog with family and friends via your personal social networking or do you want to reach a wide audience?"

If your answer is:"I would enjoy reaching a wide audience of readers" then yes labels (aka: tags) are important. Here's why...

Forgotten Treasures USA

The car that you are working for to make payments on may one day be overtaken by nature, everything returns to nature. "Forgotten Treasures USA" is a new series we will be working on while we travel....

DIY Bike Renovation

Serendipity is an amazing thing.. so is the law of attraction! For instance, on our Amazon Wishlist I had two stainless steel water canisters that were a total of $39.00 and I found two practically new ones at the Salvation Army for $0.49 a piece... what does this have to do with bikes??

Amazingly enough I put two bikes on our wishlist. I have two AWESOME cousins who were no longer using their bikes and gave them to us! <3 The only thing is we had to use a little elbow grease and TLC to get them working properly! This post is about that process! (We just had to give the law of attraction a shout out!)

How to write your first blog post.

This will be a very short post because really, this topic is super simple. The secret is...

Change can be beautiful.

This weekend was a good solid reminder that we are getting ready to embark on an awesome adventure. We had a huge yard sale, met some awesome people, and discovered a sunflower growing out of our now abandoned chicken coop!

How a tornado saved my life.

Two months before our wedding, on March 28th 2010, an EF3 tornado ripped down our street. Luckily we made it out alright, but I would never know that in the fifteen seconds it took for this storm to condemn our home my life would change forever.

How to write an effective About Me page

Hello #Bloglife101 friends... I can hear the Cheshire cat saying: "Who. Are. You!?" Can you? As a blog owner your about me page will be one of the first impressions you make on potential readers.. is yours effective?

Homesteader's Giveaway, Multiple Chances to Win!!

Are you ready to take part in a GIVEAWAY extravaganza?

We have teamed up with several other bloggers to offer an amazing homestead giveaway! You can enter to win on each blog so you have several chances to win Ah-mazing books, kitchen gear, canning supplies, your own tea garden, and garden goodies!