by April | Last Updated: Aug 20, 2022 | Daily Life
A farm is an amazing place for a child to grow up, it holds wonders that many children will never experience. My kids are able to enjoy a freedom that is often missing from children’s lives in this generation, the freedom to learn and explore and interact...
by April | Last Updated: Apr 4, 2018 | Fermenting & Cheesemaking
I personally don’t own milk goats, so instead, I bought into a goat share of my neighbor’s milk goat. Basically, I own part of their goat, I help pay for the goat’s upkeep, and I get to have a certain amount of milk every week for myself. ...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Food Preservation & Storage, Our Kitchen
Oh my goodness, I love garlic, its pungent smell is my happy home dinner feeling (that’s a thing I swear). A little extra virgin olive oil heating in a pan with minced garlic and a splash of white wine, most of my favorite meals start this way. I am not alone in...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Mar 23, 2018 | Rabbits
I find it appropriate to start this blog as winter gives way to spring, a new chance, a new start. As roving bands of turkeys strut through my yard in all their gaudy glory, I realize winter truly is over. Our end of winter in rural Eastern Oregon usually ends...
by April | Last Updated: Mar 20, 2018 | Daily Life
March. I have a love-hate relationship with March. In Interior Alaska, March is the last true month of winter, which started in October. That is a lot of winter. When winter starts I love the snow, it’s beautiful and peaceful and I just have a little bit of a...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Mar 17, 2018 | Canning & Pickling
Pressure canning is a method used to preserve low acid foods such as vegetables and meat, beans and broth. Low acid foods need to be heated to at least 240° F in order to kill any Clostridium botulinum spores, what is commonly known as botulism, that thrive in a low...
