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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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…

Essential Oils for Bee Stings

We’re now in our sixth season of having bees at the cottage for honey production. We’ve grown quite fond of their presence and are very acclimated to watching them zip…

Childhood Unplugged

Wondering what my kids do all day while I’m gardening? Here’s how they live childhood unplugged. Make sure to follow us on YouTube for weekly videos from the cottage.

Gardener Hand Salve Recipe

Gardener Hand Salve Recipe. My hands have spent the better part of each day these past few weeks sunken deep down into the warming soil. In fact, just today, they’ve…

I think I like it here.

I cannot foresee any day in the future better than this one. For as far back as I can remember, Stuart and I have been in a state of self-induced-chaos….

Error on the side of more!

Question: How many seeds should I plant each spring? Answer: Error on the side of more, baby! Make sure to follow us on YouTube for weekly videos from the cottage.

What to order from Azure Standard.

Wondering what to order from Azure Standard? Here’s what I get! Yes, we still get a lot from the store. That is, until I figure out how to make olive…

Honey Roasted Hazelnut and Beet Salad

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,…

Einkorn Cream Puffs

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,…

On the Homestead

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