Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
There’s nothing that says you can’t eat eggs for every meal, right? Good. Then I’m going for it. This time of year, my motivation to be creative in the kitchen pretty much goes down the drain. (Please tell me I’m not the only one. Right....?) We’ve been outside bunches this week riding the horses, working on the yard mess (no, it’s still not anywhere near being done…), and getting the garden slightly closer. That’s been in … [Read more...] about Creamed Chard and Eggs Skillet
I FEEL SO BEHIND. Except I'm not. At least not yet. Wyoming is horribly deceiving this time of year. We've been getting lots of 70+ degree days the last week or two, and I've been spending all day outside piddling out in the garden and getting sunburns, which is quite heavenly after a long winter. My perennials are slowly awakening. The lilacs and ash trees are budding. And the prairie land all around is gradually turning a brilliant shade … [Read more...] about Preparing Our Raised Beds for Spring Planting
Time and I have always had a complicated relationship. There have been seasons of my life with never enough time, seasons where I had too much time, and seasons where time seemed to expand to fit my to-do list perfectly (I like those seasons the best, by the way). Over the years, I've received bunches of emails asking how I "do it all" as a homeschooling mom of 3, doTERRA leader, blogger, author, homesteader, and horsewoman, among other … [Read more...] about Practical Ways We Save Time On Our Homestead
A couple weeks ago I found myself talking to someone who didn't have the faintest idea what homesteading was. It's been quite a while since I've been around anyone completely unexposed to this lifestyle, which I think is fairly remarkable, considering homesteading was still a fringe concept ten years ago when the notion of chickens and goat milk first entered my consciousness. It caught me off guard so much, I was only able to mumble out a … [Read more...] about Does This Homesteading Thing Really Matter?
