What 2 feet of snow means on the farm.
The homesteader doesn’t always get to choose their day. A few times each week (I’m rounding, here) the farm chooses our day for us. There’s part of this uncertainty and…
Read MoreIt’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.
The homesteader doesn’t always get to choose their day. A few times each week (I’m rounding, here) the farm chooses our day for us. There’s part of this uncertainty and…
Read MoreLike most of you, I look at New Years as an opportunity to reflect on what this last year has taught us here on our small farm and feel reenergized…
Read MoreWe produce a lot of beautiful food on our farm. From raw milk to red meat to rendered lard to herbed salts to organic vegetables to fresh fruit. It’s all…
Read MoreThe seasons are changing – and so are the porch decorations! Let’s be honest with ourselves here. Most of the time, guests do have to step over a pile of…
Read MoreEvery 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…
Read MoreIt’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,…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreHere’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…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreI’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…
Read MoreI was blessed to pull a huge lavender harvest from our lavender bushes this year. Lavender tends to be a short lived perennial so my five year old bushes are…
Read MoreAnd 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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