Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
The Big Question: Once you decide that raw milk is a priority for your family, how exactly do you acquire it? If you are like us, purchasing raw milk for human consumption is illegal in our state. In fact, Wyoming just barely starting officially "allowing" cowshare or goatshare programs. So unless we want to drive out of state, we are out of luck. So these reasons, combined with the fact that we are crazy do-it-yourself people, ...Continue Reading
(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, they are always covered in ...Continue Reading
So you bite the bullet and now are the proud owner of a couple 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 and it can ...Continue Reading
Image: Suat Eman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Our real food journey began about 2 years ago. Although I had an interest in healthy food before that, I never put anything into practice and I was still one of those poor people whose definition of healthy eating was buying low-fat salad dressing. Yikes. Back then, cheap food was my #1 priority. What we ate then makes me cringe... Anyway, after doing a lot of reading and research, I ...Continue Reading
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! The best part about this pumpkin pie smoothie is that it is ice-cream-FREE. And ...Continue Reading
