Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
If you've been a reader of The Prairie Homestead for a while, you'll remember a post about the Five Foods I'll Never Buy Again. Breadcrumbs were first on that list! You see, a big part of real food is learning how to make your own bread products (unless you are gluten intolerant, of course). For most people (me definitely included) there is a learning curve that comes with mastering homemade bread. And that learning curve involves ...Continue Reading
OK, first things first. I'm far from being one of those super-cool decorating bloggers. I'm not good at "staging" my home, and my picture-taking skills leave a lot to be desired. However, I had so much fun showing you the chicken wire frame I made, that I wanted to share a few more of my other simple homestead decorating ideas. When I first got married, I was under the impression that "home decor" had to come from a "home ...Continue Reading
I struggle with having clean screens. Not the window-kind. (I struggle with simply HAVING those... Thanks to a dog who is petrified of thunderstorms...) But rather the computer and TV variety. My house is dusty. I think it's a side affect of living in a windy climate. (And also probably from pretty much NEVER dusting.) And, living on a "farm" equals lots of flies in the summer. Which equals flies in my house, no matter how ...Continue Reading
If you enter my home during any of the wet/snowy/muddy months in Wyoming, you will be instantly greeted by this: "What is that?" you may ask? THAT, my friends, is what it looks like when I.GIVE.UP. Combine multiple trips to the barnyard each day, with a toddler who LOVES her mud boots, and three crazy, muddy dogs, and you get perpetual dried (or wet) mud puddles on my mudroom floor. ...Continue Reading
There are so many things that I love about cooking with wild game.... It's truly 100% organic It's grass-fed, making it very nutritious It's frugal (if you process the meat yourself) I really enjoy the thrill of the hunt when I go antelope hunting with my hubby. It really is something special to go all the way from harvesting the animal in it's natural habitat, to cutting up the meat, to then serving it in delicious ...Continue Reading
