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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Preserving eggplant | The Elliott Homestead (.com)

Preserving and cooking eggplant on the homestead.

Every bit of food matters! So I couldn’t let the large bin of eggplants in my cold room go to waste. It’s time to preserve eggplant! In a new way…

Do-over.

Oh, the do-over. The “I should’ve done that differently.”. The “Whoops, that wasn’t quite right.”. The “Dang, that’s not the way I should’ve handled that.”. The “What was I thinking!”….

Loving the fall garden | The Elliott Homestead (.com)

Loving your fall garden.

It’s really easy to disregard the fall garden – it’s worn, tattered, and fading. BUT. It’s also amazing. In this video, I share some simple ways to love, care for,…

Massive garden harvest! | The Elliott Homestead (.com)

Massive garden harvest before the frost!

It’s time for a massive garden harvest! The first frost was very close to hitting our small little garden area which meant we had to pull everything out of the…

Come transform the cottage kitchen for Autumn! The Elliott Homestead (.com)

Decorating the kitchen for autumn.

Decorating the kitchen for autumn doesn’t take much. You’ll see this in the video, but this season, I’m relying on some Virginia Creeper (or Creeping Virginia) vine that I pulled…

Let’s make homemade marshmallows!

Let’s make homemade marshmallows! This is one of the way I bribe, ahem, I mean, persuade my children to help me with farm chores. Let’s consider it positive (and sweet)…

What to do when your sourdough bread is terrible!

I thought we could sit down together today and talk about what to do when your sourdough bread is terrible. Yes, I’ve been there. Yes, there’s hope! I asked our…

When the gardener leaves... | The Elliott Homestead (.com)

What Happens When The Gardener Leaves

Here’s what happens when the gardener decides to have fun and play at the beach instead of tend to their garden. Whoops! In all honest, I’m still so happy with…

Not a victim of my kitchen.

A few weeks ago, I hit a hard place. The kind where you want to throw a dish against a wall in a fit of rage because there are dishes……

Easy Fermented Hot Sauce

I hope you love this easy fermented hot sauce recipe. It’s such an easy and fun (and tasty) project to do with an abundance of hot peppers. I can’t even…

This thing happened today.

This thing happened today. Dare I say, a magical thing. Let us, first, remember that I am a mother of four children. Not a ton. But plenty to keep up…

Training your creative flow.

While reading “The Artist’s Way” over the past month, I’ve learned a bit over training your creative flow and how the artist can do this – regardless of their art…

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