Milk cows are truly the stars of our homestead. It's no secret that I'm in love with our dairy cows. I spent many years going back and forth between dairy cows and dairy goats, but if you've listened to my podcast episode about how I'm pruning my life these days, you know that I've finally decided on focusing on our family milk cows for our dairy needs. In fact, I personally feel that dairy cows are some of the biggest assets to ANY ...Continue Reading
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Season 11: Episode 14: My Long Road Back to Whole Wheat Flours
Today I'm geeking out over wheat berries. Yeah, it's no wonder I don't have a lot of non-homesteading friends, I guess I seem kinda weird to some... But fresh flour is something worth geeking out over! Join me in this podcast episode to find out why. Podcast Episode Highlights Back story on my whole wheat journey Weston A. Price, Sally Fallon, and other influences The results from my early days Mastering ...Continue Reading
Season 11: Episode 3: The Best (Non-Tacky) Homemade Christmas Gifts
Most of us have no desire to buy things we don't need or keep stuffing our homes full of stuff. And folks like us don’t mind rocking the boat or going against the grain in almost every area of life, so Christmas gift giving shouldn’t be any different, right? Podcast Episode Highlights The desire to keep these simple this year for the holidays The Gift Guide we made with DIY gift ideas Addressing the elephants in the ...Continue Reading
Season 8: Episode 5: Down and Dirty Meal Planning with Lisa Bass
In this podcast episode, I’m thrilled to be chatting with a long-time friend, Lisa Bass. Lisa talks about how she lived the farm life while living in town. How she cooked like a homesteader before she even owned a farm. And Lisa and I delve deep into a topic that has always been a thorn in my side. Lisa breaks down the secrets behind her meal planning, how she’s developed a system of routines that works well for her large ...Continue Reading
How Our Homestead Family is Preparing for a Lockdown
It looks like more shutdowns are coming, so we are getting prepared. Even if you are super isolated like we are here in Wyoming, grocery stores get out of stock, shipping times get delayed, and we were caught a bit off-guard this spring for the first lockdown, and I'm not going to let that happen again. So I'm going to show you exactly what we've been doing slowly and methodically over the summer and fall to get prepared. Honestly, ...Continue Reading