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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…

Come make supper with me! | The Elliott Homestead (.com)

Cooking what we grow. Let’s make supper!

This is one of my favorite times of year in the kitchen. Not because I’m not hot and exhausted from months and months and months of work, but because the…

Perfect Polenta | The Elliott Homestead (.com)

Here’s how to make perfect polenta.

We have an ongoing discussion in my house about grits versus polenta. I am, after all, married to a Southern man. Polenta (ground corn) is my preference and what I…

A year's worth of onions! | The Elliott Homestead (.com)

Growing A Year’s Worth of Onions!

What a harvest – after growing a year’s worth of onions, it was time to put them up in the root cellar last week. A lot of work but on…

Homemade Manure and Comfrey Tea

I’d like to think that this homemade manure and comfrey tea makes Monty Don and Tasha Tudor proud. It’s a marriage of both of their methods and gardens and I…

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