My kitchen currently resembles the laboratory of a mad scientist. There's my sourdough starter bubbling away by the oven, a container of continuous brew kombucha doing it's thing on the island, and a 2-gallon crock of sauerkraut fermenting away in the corner. I've come a long way, considering I used to be scared of fermented foods. Both the sights and smells of fermenting foods turned me off for years, not to mention the worry it ...Continue Reading
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8 Ways to Prepare Your Garden for Winter
The air was so brisk this morning, I promptly went back inside and changed from shorts into jeans. And so it begins... Summer is rapidly fading and I've got to face the facts: it's time to prepare the garden for winter. Honestly, this year my garden seemed to miss the memo altogether that it was summer, with still-green tomatoes and very few crops in sight come August. Mind you, a summer hail storm probably had something to do ...Continue Reading
Growing Potatoes: The Definitive Guide
I've never met a potato I didn't like. I'd eat them for every meal if I could, and I usually have to force myself to think of alternative side dishes, because in my world, potatoes go with everything. (This may have to do with the fact I grew up in Idaho? I can't help myself.) Therefore, it's only logical they'd be one of my most-favorite things to grow in the garden. I get all-sorts of giddy when I'm pulling pounds and pounds of ...Continue Reading
13 Root Cellar Alternatives
How is it that I always forget... ...just how much work it is to wrap up the garden at the end of the year? For some reason, once the garden is in full-swing mid-summer, I tend to have the attitude that I'm "home free." WRONG. Even though it's October and a lot my plants are past their prime, there is still an amazing amount of food out there. And I gotta get it out before a) the first frost comes, and b) before this baby ...Continue Reading
How to be a Suburban (or Urban) Homesteader
One thing I love about homesteading is that it is a completely flexible lifestyle... Sometimes I think people get caught up in the old-fashioned idea that you have to have acres of property to be considered a homesteader. Today that is simply not the case, you can begin your homesteading journey no matter where you are. To help those that wish to live the homesteading lifestyle but are confined to smaller spaces I have created ...Continue Reading