I’ve always wanted a little deck / landing at my back door of this old home.
The house is old, very old. It was the house of a homestead long ago, that, since that time, has been divided into 4 different properties.
We inherited saggy joints and w
Post a project for a chance to win the book!
Everyone who posts a finished homesteading project during the month of November will be entered into a draw and one lucky winner will receive The Made-from-Scratch Life: Simple Ways to Create a Natural Hom
What are the benefits of gardening? Physical? Mental? Spiritual? Stewardship? Making a difference
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With age comes wisdom and, at 64, a lot of stuff that I have known for years, wisdom that I have known for years, seems to t
You won’t know until you try. Put the seeds in the ground and do a garden experiment.
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My Garden Journal
I’ve created this section of my blog primarily for my records, so that I know when I planted what.
October 3
What to do with Swiss Chard when you don’t like it sautéed?
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After lots of searching, I finally found a recipe for Swiss Chard that was not a sauté: using it as a wrap! Brilliant.
The Contents
First, pressure cook
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This morning, this teachings story appeared in my FB feed and my first thought went to homesteading and the work involved in maintaining a happy, healthy home.
(Shared with permission from Standing Bear Netwo
Spruce up the green beans with freeze-dried ingredients
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From the Garden
Green beans have to be one of the best vegetables to grow in a homesteading garden because they keep on producing throughout the entire season!
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Building your family homestead begins with the dream.
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First things first
What is the dream? Everyone’s vision of a homestead is different. What do you want yours to be like?
• what does it look like?
• What does it f
I was doing so well at organizing my blogs and then I forgot that I had set up one specifically for recipes!
My latest blog is a recipe for
>>> Ham Soup <<<
Rather than talking about it twice, I’m going to send you over to the blog I posted this
Ham Soup: a frugal meal on my homestead
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Today, I bought a ham, with bone in, for just $10. Now that is a good price, here in Canada, but even better when I think about how many meals that I’m going to get out of it.
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A few Simple Seed Starting Tips and Tricks will have you on your way to growing a successful garden.
Learning to Grow a Garden
Love the idea of gardening but feel overwhelmed at the thought of starting? Questions like, how do I learn to garden or wh
When you don’t feel like cooking, open some jars of freezedried food.
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After covering the Hoophouse with plastic, today, I just didn’t feel like having to cook something.
Making a Meal from Freeze-Dried