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 April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Food Preservation, Our Kitchen, Recipes
I’m currently on a charcuterie meat kick. Why? Because sausages and smoked meats are really good to eat, and sausages especially are pretty easy and fun to make. Now I’m not going to lie, you need some specialty equipment to make sausage. You need a...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Life, DIY Homesteading
Here is a list of ‘Casual Homestead’ ideas that can start you on your journey. These small ideas help connect you with community, nature and sometimes yourself. You don’t need to do them all, nor all at the same time. Pick what fits your lifestyle...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Food Preservation, Our Kitchen, Recipes, Smoking & Curing
Every year, mid-June, my husband and I go to the town of Chitina, Alaska to dip net salmon in the Copper River. This trip supplies our family with salmon for well over a year. Legal residents of Alaska with a fishing permit are allowed to catch up to 25 salmon per...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Life, DIY Homesteading, Our Kitchen
I grew up using cast iron pans. For some reason at our house, we didn’t have anything else but cast iron, no non-stick, aluminum or copper for us. So to me, they are what you cook with. Perfectly normal, and I think they are wonderful. I cook everything in...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
One of my cooking goals in life, yes I have cooking goals, is to make excellent biscuits. I found that the easiest way to acquire good recipes is to eat other people’s cooking and if you like it, ask for the recipe. People never say no. I attained this recipe...
