Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
Long winter nights give me a burst of creative energy. The other seasons are loaded with long, busy days on a homestead. But winter gives our family long evening hours and a little more time on our hands. Time to be creative, as a family. This time of year, that creativity often entails salt dough ornament creations. A salt dough ornament recipe is right up my alley. Not surprisingly, really, I kinda love homemade salt dough ...Continue Reading
It's kinda like a status symbol. That bowl of ricotta on my counter that I just made myself? It gives me rockstar status y'all. And I know I'm not the only one. For many folks who dream of homesteading, not much would make them feel like they've "arrived" more than successfully creating delicious dairy products at home. I know for me, home dairy completely captured my imagination at the beginning of our homestead journey. Every time ...Continue Reading
I'm not a cookie-cutter kinda gal. When Jill asked me to share some details with you last week about how to make your own kombucha (& why), I was all in, because I'm pretty passionate about this amazing fermented drink. Of course, why wouldn't I be? It's a delicious way to improve gut health, and making it yourself saves a ginormous amount of money! But the thing I love the most about making my own kombucha? I can customize it, ...Continue Reading
Tea is fermenting in my kitchen as I write this. I don’t know about you, but I have no desire to shell out the big bucks that grocery stores charge for this stuff, so I decided to start bottling my own kombucha again at home. While I’m getting back into the rhythms of first and second ferments and discovering what teas and flavors my family likes, I thought I’d call in the big guns and ask Michelle Visser to explain not only what ...Continue Reading
I may have harvested a lifetime supply of sunflower seeds. For some reason, the sunflowers grew like gangbusters this year, even while everything else struggled. (Funny story: all of my sunflowers were volunteers this year, and when they first popped up, I thought they were bean plants... so I transplanted them into a nice little square in one of my beds, and then was promptly embarrassed when I realized I'd planted 9 sunflowers ...Continue Reading
