We are sisters who want to create a place for dreamers, the secret backyard chicken keepers, the collectors of lost knowledge, the industrious gardener, and the hopefully curious. This is a place for all who have dreams of living a sustainable life connected to the community that they live in. We believe that a person can live a sustainable homesteading life no matter where they are. A person with herbs on the windowsill, a cheesemaker, friends taking knitting classes, a neighbor who shares garden tools, a plot at a community garden, this is the face of the modern homesteader. A person just like you……Do what you can, where you are, and live a joyous life doing so.

Pie Crust Recipe

Here is a basic, no-fuss, pie crust recipe, that is versatile and quick to make. This recipe is good for sweet or savory pies, galettes, quiches, or tarts, and is exactly the flaky pie crust recipe you've been looking for. The key to this pie crust is keeping the...

Blackberry Muffins

Last month my family and I were on our annual 'Grant Tour', meaning we were visiting the family. My husband and my families are mostly in Oregon, so once a year we travel through Oregon for three weeks straight, visiting aunts, uncles, siblings, grandparents,...

How to Downsize Your Homestead

It happens. Some life-changing situation occurs, and your homesteading needs to change too. It might be temporary or it might be a permanent change; you might have to take care of your family, you have a new job or a new baby. Or maybe you just took too much on and...

What Do You Do All Winter?

Friends and family often ask me, ‘What do you do all winter when it’s so dark and cold up there?” Now, I wish I could honestly answer; mush a dog team, run a trapline, ice fish daily, ski six miles a day, snowshoe to the grocery store, and rope a moose to pull my...

Salmon Marinade

My absolute favorite salmon recipe is salmon tacos. I know, I know, use valuable salmon for tacos? But, I'm telling you it's the best. Since we catch up to 50 salmon a year for our house, I've tried a lot, and I mean a lot, of different salmon recipes over time. I...

Outdoor Clotheslines

If someday I had to stop homesteading there are two things I’d never give up. One is my chickens, and the other is my clothesline. I think most of you would probably agree on keeping chickens. Chickens make cute noises, come in a variety of colors and breeds, and...

How to Grow Basil – Everything You Need To Know

  Basil makes me happy.  It's amazing how one little plant...

Cold-Weather Rabbit Hutch Plans

  Now, I know it's almost spring, the snow is almost gone, maybe not at my house but at most...

Basic Bone Broth

Bone broth can be from any animal, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, lamb, beef, moose and on and on. If...

How to Start Homesteading

So you're interested in homesteading. But where do you start? Should you buy some land, buy a cow,...

Goat Chevre

  I personally don't own milk goats, so instead, I bought into a goat share of my neighbor's...

Summer Blueberry Pie

The end of July marks wild blueberry season in Fairbanks, the transition season where summer ends...

Pumpkin Soup

Winter is the season for warm socks, hot drinks, and warming soup. Pumpkin Soup or Winter Squash...

Cold Climate Vegetable Gardening

I love to garden, my life is just plain better when I am playing with dirt. The colors textures...

Greek Chicken and Rice Soup with Lemon

Greek Chicken and Rice Soup or Avgolemono is a favorite in our house. We usually make this right...

How to Garden with Young Children

Gardening with young children can be a mixed bag of experiences. Initially capturing their...

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