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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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….

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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.

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Bake Better Bread at Home eBook

And as experience is the best teacher, I’m here to share with you how to bake better bread at home. Save yourself years of bad loaves. My many baking flops are your gain. Here’s how to bake better bread at home.

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