(Photo Credit) We are strange people. When an anniversary or celebration rolls around, we usually prefer to eat at home. The rest of the world celebrates by going out for supper, but my husband and I relish the nights where we grill up some steaks, make crispy, salty baked potatoes with homemade rolls, and have our own version of a steakhouse feast by candlelight. And whenever we eat steak at our house, ...Continue Reading
Goat 101: Milking Equipment
So you bite the bullet and now are the proud owner of a couple of dairy goats. Where do you go now? How do you safely get milk from the udder to the refrigerator while keeping it tasting fresh? To be honest, when we started our milking journey, I was pretty nervous about this part. I wanted to make sure I did everything absolutely by the book and didn't mess up. Unfortunately, there are a lot of different "books" out there ...Continue Reading
Pumpkin Pie Milkshake
This is the ultimate fall indulgence! I adore cooking with pumpkin and we usually have completely gorged ourselves on everything 'pumpkin' by the time Christmas rolls around (pumpkin cream puffs anyone?). This smoothie was a new idea for this year- we will definitely be having it on a regular basis until we use up all of our garden pumpkins! By the way, if you have a bounty of pumpkins coming from your garden, you might want ...Continue Reading
Frugal Homemade Carpet Cleaner
Dogs and carpet don't mix. In fact, country living and carpet don't mix either... Unfortunately for me, when we purchased our house, it had brand-new, white Berber carpet. Me, being the frugal person that I am, wouldn't dream of ripping out brand new carpet... So, here we are. Our dogs have a knack of finding and eating the nastiest things. I would bet we are pushing a world record on how many times I have cleaned up various ...Continue Reading
It All Started with a Compost Pile….
Really. It did. Back in 2008 when we purchased our homestead, we had no intentions of growing as many vegetables as possible, milking goats, or attempting to raise free-range eggs. Heck, at that point, we were still eating Cool Whip and "Pasteurized Processed Cheese Product".... We were just thrilled to find this reasonably priced old farmhouse. It had plenty of outbuildings and 67 acres for our horses to graze. But then the ...Continue Reading
