This is one you just can't mess up. No really. I dare you to mess it up. You can't. And it's a recipe you're going to love if you're buried in pork shoulder. (OK, so maybe that's not a common problem, but it's a 'thing' around here...) I've been digging through my freezer lately and realized I have a LOT of pork shoulder in there. That's great, but also somewhat problematic considering our current pair of piglets will be ready to ...Continue Reading
Homemade Maple BBQ Sauce Recipe
Homemade BBQ sauce intimidated me for the longest time. Crazy, I know... Especially considering how slow-rise artisan pizza and traditional mozzarella cheese hardly make me blink. I didn't develop a liking for BBQ sauce until later in life so I felt unqualified to make the stuff... Not to mention everyone has a vastly different idea of what homemade BBQ sauce should be. But I love you guys, so I decided to dive into the saucy ...Continue Reading
The Story of Our Prairie House
Once upon a time, there was a house. A little prairie house. It was born in 1918, a homesteader's dream, built to shelter a growing family from the harsh conditions of the high plains. It's seen a lot in the past 98 years. Lightning strikes. Blinding snowstorms. Rattlesnake infestations. A shop fire. Tornadoes. The Blizzard of '49. And relentless wind. Oh, the wind. Many families came and went after the ...Continue Reading
30 Essential Oil Hacks for Homesteading
WHAAAAT...? That's my response every time I get an email from someone who wants to know why I talk about essential oils on a homesteading blog. Okay, okay... to be fair, there was a time when I didn't get the connection either. I thought essential oils were just expensive little brown bottles surrounded by a bunch of hype. I still use herbs too, but I've found essential oils to be much easier to use as they are more "grab and ...Continue Reading
Deep Mulch Gardening FAQs
Back in the day, I was known as the "goat blogger"... ...thanks in part to my Goat 101 series and our small herd of extremely hard-to-contain dairy goats. But as I drifted away from the world of goatiness (hello big beautiful Brown Swiss milk cow!), I've found myself taking on a new identity: "That mulch garden girl" Yup. That's me. And I'm happy to claim it. I won't go into the back story of how I got into the whole ...Continue Reading