On the Homestead: Food
It’s not always glamorous or clean, but at least life on the farm is entertaining, beautiful, and oh-so-delicious. Follow along with recipes, dreams and confessions, and garden growing here.
Don’t tell me what you ate.
Don’t tell me what you ate. I’m a creature of habit, as we all tend to be. I like my baths each night and an espresso, with a dash of cream,…
Read MoreLet’s stop pretending.
Just me again. Lacing up my boots, pulling my jeans over the tops, adjusting my flannel and smearing on some lipgloss before lifting up my foot to step up on…
Read MoreEinkorn Buttercake
This past week, Juliette and I traveled down to California for a Leadership Retreat with the essential oil company I’ve had the pleasure of being a part of for the…
Read MoreDucklings and a New Bread Recipe
Our latest video is all about Ducklings and our new favorite bread recipe here at The Elliott Homestead. Y’all probably know by now how much I love making my own…
Read MoreTraditional Ratatouille Recipe
Traditional Ratatouille Recipe Once upon a time, in a far away land, the world was peaceful and there was a beautifully dressed, perfectly fit, well-rested, wrinkle-free, stress-free, homemaker. She spent…
Read MoreThe ordinary.
The ordinary. Hi. My name is Shaye. And I would like to share with you ordinary photographs from these past few days. Because – get this now – my life is ordinary. …
Read MoreHow To Wash Eggs.
Wash Eggs Like A Boss, Baby. Winter time is not a clean time on the farm. Just yesterday, as I was out throwing kitchen scraps to the pigs, I nearly…
Read MoreHow To Cut Up A Whole Chicken
It’s funny, but here on the farm, meat doesn’t come in packages. “Whole, skinless, boneless, chicken breasts”. Nope. And as convenient as that would be at times, it just ain’t…
Read MoreInviting my children to a revolution.
If I could sum up why it is we do everything we do… … the early morning milkings… …. the cleaning out of the chicken coop… … the tending, caring,…
Read MoreThere’s poop on my porch.
There’s poop on my porch. One of my chickens ate eight eggs yesterday. My new katahdin sheep escaped their pen and ran through the electric fence into another pasture. My…
Read MoreNatural Aids For Postpartum Depression
For a variety of reasons, this has been a difficult post for me to write. I keep thinking the words will come easily and that I’ll be super eager to…
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