by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Life
I moved up to Fairbanks in 2005. In 2006 I got a husky. “Why”, do you ask? Because that’s what you’re supposed to do when you move to Alaska, get a husky. And it’s not very hard to do, almost every dog in Fairbanks has husky in them, and...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Our Kitchen
I love my rolling pin. It’s dark wood, close grain with long handles that fit my hands perfectly. My mom bought it for me in college, and my rolling pin and I have been friends ever since, baking together once or twice a week in mutual happiness. Now I’m...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading
Some people, like myself, foolishly thought that owning a farm or homestead meant you had acres of maintained green lawn, huge hay fields, a big red barn, or at the very least a big log house. Mmmm? I must have read too many books growing up because not only does my...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
Homemade granola is actually very easy to make. I was intimidated at first to make it at home even though there are a lot of recipes out there claiming it works. I did a bit of research and combined a few recipes I found into this one. Unlike some of my other first...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading, Gardening
Another harvest season is almost behind me. Within a few weeks, it will start snowing here in Fairbanks, snowing and sticking. Every year I wonder what happened to spring, summer, and fall? In Fairbanks, the snow is usually gone around the first week of May and it...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Fermenting & Cheesemaking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
It’s the start of apple season, even up north here in Fairbanks. That means it’s the start of eating fresh apples and making homemade apple pies, applesauce, dried apples, apple cider, and apple cider vinegar. Fairbanks is a tough place to grow apples....
