On the Homestead

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.

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Farmgirl Chic

Can a farmer be glamorous? Wear makeup? Dress like a lady? What’s with my lipstick and long eyelashes anyway? Watch the latest episode to see my answers.

Full Farmhouse Video Tour

Come watch a full farmhouse video tour! From the cottage kitchen to the rustic bathroom to our “master” bedroom (spoiler: it’s basically an oversized closet). Welcome!

Sexy Summer Skincare.

BIG PICTURE: We all want the same thing. Soft, sexy, supple, vibrant, dewy skin. Because when our skin looks that way, we feel better! We all know how a good…

Curried Lamb Chops with Jasmine Rice

The Elliott Homestead Cooking Community is a way for you to get brand new, whole food recipes delivered to your door every month. Every recipe is designed to be simple,…

Growing Up.

In the process of remodeling the blog (isn’t it beautiful?!), I realized something quite profound – I’m growing up. I was twenty-four when I started this blog. That was almost…

Going back to Alabama.

It’s been six long years since I set foot on Alabama sand. Six years since we said goodbye to the life that we built in Alabama.

Creating a Farmhouse Closet

We’ve now lived at Le Chalet longer than we’ve lived anywhere – at least, as a family. It’s been a hair over three years and that time has been spent…

What To Plant To Get The Look

Though far from exhaustive, this list will get you headed in the right direction if the cottage garden is the look you’re trying to achieve in your own space. Hollyhocks…

My Gardens

The Potager: The potager is a large garden that surrounds the outside of our home. It has large gravel pathways and beds lined with local rocks. The garden beds flow…

Keeping a Tidy Garden

This isn’t survival gardening anymore, baby.

How to Bake Better Bread at Home

I’ve made inedible bread. In fact, I’ve made a lot inedible bread. If you dabble at all in yeast, flour, salt, and water, you and I may have shared similar experiences. And…

Parisienne Farmgirl came to visit!

Parisienne Farmgirl came to visit the farm… and I forgot to do all the things I was supposed to! Except for eating oysters. We remembered to do that. Make sure…

On the Homestead

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