This is the sight you were dreaming of when you lovingly placed your little tomato plants in the soil a couple months ago. Pile after pile of shiny, boldly colored, unblemished fruit of the vine. But the reality is every time you go out to your garden, you’re finding little green orbs that look like miniature apples…
Years ago we made a plan for meat. Like many homesteaders, we desired to get to the place where we were no longer dependent on grocery stores to put meat on the table. Raising animals for your own meat is certainly enjoyable, creates satisfying work, is frugal, and causes a reverent attitude for the gift…
These Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins are light, moist from the shredded summer squash and topped with a sweet and crunchy buckwheat streusel topping that is amazingly delicious! It’s about that time of the year. If you’ve been gardening for more than one year, you know what I’m talking about. If this is your first…
We’ve been bringing in green beans by the bushel-full each week this year! It’s been crazy! Though I’m not the biggest fan of their flavor, the Provider beans have been living up to their name and my freezer is loaded with bag after bag of frozen beans. My preferences in flavor are subtle and I…
When it comes to preserving tomatoes, condiments are on the bottom of my list. We can live without salsa, difficult though it may be. Boring though some of our foods may be. I’ve got to be practical and with a crowd like this to feed, I realize that I need to make sure I have…
I love my homesteading life. I love the fresh air, hard work, good food, feeling connected to a place and the land, weaving a story of a meaningful life for my family. I love all of the senses that a life close to the land stimulates. And did I mention, real, good food? I want…