by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading
This post is for everyone that plans on living on or is currently living on a homestead and wants to conserve water. I’m not trying to lecture or convince people to conserve water. But for those of you that want to learn how to save water on the homestead, read...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Recipes
What to do with the beet stems? That is the question. The beets themselves, easy. Beet greens, no problem. I love to cook and eat them both. But my question has always been, ‘What do I do with the beet stems’? In the past I’ve composted the stems....
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading
Our original kitchen table was a beautiful antique given to us by my mother-in-law. The table seated four and had one of those pop-up inserts that folded up from the middle of the table. Small, space-saving, old, beautiful, and, absolutely unsuitable for three...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Our Kitchen, Recipes
I love kale for many reasons. First, it’s really tasty. Two, I can easily grow a lot of it making me feel like a master gardener. Three, it’s very versatile in recipes; kale can be used in cold or hot salads, smoothies, broths or stocks, casseroles,...
by April | Last Updated: Feb 16, 2020 | Daily Life, Gardening
Gardening with young children can be a mixed bag of experiences. Initially capturing their interest in gardening is fairly easy, especially since gardening involves dirt, getting messy, insects, worms, the outdoors, and/or water. But keeping that interest alive...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Fermenting & Cheesemaking, Food Preservation, Recipes
Birch trees, like maple trees, produce sap that can be reduced down to make syrup. Awesome, right, but also very time consuming and fuel-intensive. Lucky for everyone who might be busy, birch sap has many other uses. One of my favorite ones I learned about this year...
