Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
It only takes a few minutes ... ... for that pile of perfectly wrapped gifts to become a chaotic sea of crumpled wrapping paper on Christmas morning. Even before I had my "crunchy" transformation, hauling garbage bag after garbage bag of wrapping paper out to the dumpster always kinda bugged me. Not to mention the price of the stuff. Have you strolled down the wrapping paper aisle lately? It's expensive! Especially for something ...Continue Reading
Homemade gifts don't have to equate to bizarre Christmas sweaters and rock paperweights. Thanks to resources like Pinterest, I've seen some of the coolest DIY gift ideas floating around lately. And personally, I much prefer a thoughtful homemade gift over a hastily purchase store bought one. Don't you? Put your essential oil stash to good use this year and use your collection to create homemade gifts for your family and friends. ...Continue Reading
Pumpkin season. It's here folks... Can I get an "Amen?" My pumpkin harvest was rather slim this year from my garden (only three little guys...), but thankfully I still have some pureed pumpkin tucked in the back of my freezer from last year. (Speaking of pumpkin puree-- have you seen my super-easy method for processing fresh pumpkins?) I'm personally quite thrilled to see Pinterest and Facebook exploding with pumpkin ...Continue Reading
Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm a food snob. But let's face it-- the real reason I like to watch those fancy cooking competitions on Netflix is because the thought of having to prepare a restaurant-quality entrée from 5 mismatched ingredients scares the pants off of me. I consider myself to be a good cook, but honestly, things like homemade burgers and homemade fish sticks are more my style... But lest you think that real food ...Continue Reading
I must confess. Before we started milking our own goats, I had never had goat's milk. Risky? Perhaps. I guess there was that chance that I would absolutely despise the taste of it and then be forced to halt all dairy goat operations. But, I like to live on the edge... After hearing multiple people passionately explain why they thought goat's milk was utterly disgusting, I started to get a little nervous... And then the ...Continue Reading
