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...

Raising Turkey Poults

There is a huge amount of information about raising chickens and chicks, and so very little about...

How to Stop Chicken Pecking

Some chicken pecking occurs in all flocks and is natural to maintain order (i.e. the pecking...

25 Uses for Honey in the Kitchen

While talking with a friend the other day I mentioned I needed to buy some honey at the Farmer's...

How to Grow the Best Garlic

  Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has been...

Cold Climate Vegetable Gardening

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

DIY Home Smoker

I am a big fan of smoked foods and I have never found a food that didn't taste better with a...

Animals, Gardening and Poop

  This blog is our way of sharing wisdom and the things we have learned about homesteading,...

Top 5 Summer Rhubarb Recipes

Growing a garden in Fairbanks is challenging at best with a very short growing season of just 60...

How to Smoke a Turkey

Thanksgiving is coming up, my husband’s favorite holiday.  In our family, I’m in charge of...

How to Make a Sourdough Starter

I love sourdough bread. During the past year, I've been experimenting with ways to make a...

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~ Jessica & April

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