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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Spiced Chicken Thighs with Salsa Fresca

This spiced chicken thighs with salsa fresca recipe is from our Cooking Community, Summer 2019. Every once in awhile, I love to share recipes from the Cooking Community with you…

Farmhouse Kitchen Tour | Update!

Four years ago, we started our farmhouse kitchen renovation – hence the farmhouse kitchen tour coming to you right now! For the past four years, we’e been ripping, sanding, painting,…

Outlander Herbal Salve

If you haven’t read Outlander… and thus the concept of a Outlander herbal salve makes no sense to you… I apologize. Pretend like this is just an herbal salve instead….

A Tour of my Cold Room

My cold room (read: DIY walk in refrigerator) and root cellar are probably one of the most appreciated and valued parts of our entire farm. Not because they’re the prettiest…

Becoming a milkmaid.

Every year (well, at least for the past seven years) it’s happened. One day I’m a normal farmer, filling my days with pulling carrots and planting tomatoes, and the next…

My Cottage Garden: A Tour

Sometimes there aren’t words. Or rather, I’m not the writer skilled enough to string them together. So instead of words, travel along with me today for a tour through my…

A Way Forward

Sometimes all I can do is tuck into my home. When the world spins this quickly, I get dizzy. Whispers turn to shouts. News feeds turn into grenades. I’m left…

Done with Disposable Fashion

I don’t really know how many days we’ve been in quarantine. Here in Washington, that still means a lot of regulation. What this time has provided me (besides a beautiful…

Joy in the Spring Garden

I’ve been savoring these beautiful farm days – full of sunshine and all the promises of a beautiful season to come. I received some last minute bare root roses (I…

Food Storage: What we’re still eating from last year’s harvest

We’re still eating a lot from our food storage left over from last year’s harvest. Cabbages, carrots, jams, jellies, preserved meats, parsnips, garlic, fermented vegetables, and more. It reminds me…

Sourdough Starter: Why a “dry” starter is best

I was taught to make this sourdough starter by Carla of Jovial Foods. She taught me how keeping a dry sourdough starter wastes a lot less flour and provides a…

15: Freestyle “Blursday”

Well, it all just came pouring out. We’re sorry/not sorry. We’ve hit our boiling point and it’s all just overflowing. Wasted food, homesteader guilt, and Shaye rages over approval to…

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