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: Mar 20, 2020 | Gardening
One of my many goals in life is to someday raise all my own food for my family, vegetables and meat both, or at least as much as I can. I really don’t see olive trees growing in Fairbanks anytime soon but, hey you never know. In the meantime, I try not to be...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 14, 2018 | Daily Life
Everybody needs a break occasionally, a change of scenery or new people to meet. A reset on daily life. I love my home and the quirky day to day management that keeps it running. But sometimes I just need to get out. A new place is always inspiring, it gives me ideas...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Life, DIY Homesteading
Cleaning is a chore that never goes away, especially on the homestead. My kitchen takes a hit from so much food preparation, my bathrooms from my children and husband (Sorry Greg, I am blaming you too) floors from an old dog that sleeps in the corner. When my children...
by April | Last Updated: Jun 20, 2018 | Daily Life
June in Fairbanks is a juxtaposition of sensations. On one hand, it is warm, sunny, green, light, growing, alive with birds, animals, life, all the things you missed during a winter in Fairbanks that lasted almost 7 months. On the other hand, it is prime mosquito...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Life, DIY Homesteading
I have been many things in this world, and often they were challenging and gratifying, but one of my favorites was being a bookstore owner. My husband and I bought the bookstore after he retired from his military career. I had always dreamed of owning a bookstore but...
