Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
The chore list of a busy homestead mom: Making sure the animals are fed and watered? Check. Making sure the kids are at least partially clothed? Check. Making sure there is something semi-edible on the table for supper? Check. Making sure the floors are mopped? Probably not... Making homemade candy? Yeah right. I don't have the patience to make homemade candy anyway-- the incessant stirring, the monotonous dipping, and ...Continue Reading
By Renee Kohley, contributing writer Apple season is my favorite way to transition into fall, and apple recipes make it even better. We are literally surrounded by orchards to pick from, and always feel so blessed to bring home haul after haul, picking 2-3 times during the month of October. I always end up breaking up our apple picking in shifts. It gives me time to plow through whatever needs to be done with them. I am still ...Continue Reading
By Ariana Mullins, contributing writer It's a great time of year to collect rosehips so we can make this fermented rosehip soda recipe. They are all over the place here in England, where my family is living at the moment. Rosehips are popular wild sources of vitamin C, have numerous herbal benefits, and they have a really nice flavor. The problem with rosehips is that they can be a bit hard to work with, because they have ...Continue Reading
Guest post by Jamie of The Herbal Spoon. Photos and recipe updated April 2018. There are few things better than biting into a brownie... And this warm, maple walnut blondie, with a cold scoop of vanilla ice cream and hot buttery maple sauce dripping down the sides is brownie heaven. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love chocolate, especially since it contains a mineral many are deficient in. It's my number one dessert of ...Continue Reading
Don't make this homemade marshmallows recipe... Unless you have superb self-control, OR You are really good at hiding things from yourself... I've always had a thing for homemade marshmallows, so I could hardly wait to make a batch to christen the new fire ring that we put in last week. The problem? Life got in the way after I made them, so it was several days before we had our first fire. And the number of homemade ...Continue Reading
