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: 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 Jessica | Last Updated: Mar 5, 2018 | Rabbits
My sister April, first started talking about purchasing meat rabbits a few years ago but was having difficulty finding good breeding stock in Alaska. She always visits Oregon in the summer so I thought I would look for a few rabbits of breeding age where I live, and...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Chickens, Poultry
If I could only pick one animal to have on my homestead, it would be chickens. Hands down, no contest! I know I am not alone in my thinking, I recently read a study that claims chickens are kept in every major city in the United States! In the last 3 years, an...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Mar 5, 2018 | Gardening
The very first vegetable (or fruit) I grew was a cherry tomato plant, a hybrid sweet 100, that I came across while was perusing the end-of-spring garden tables at our local hardware store. I planted it against a sunny south side wall of our house in Portland, Oregon....
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Animals, DIY Homesteading, Gardening
This blog is our way of sharing wisdom and the things we have learned about homesteading, if I was being completely honest it should be called ‘101 Mistakes and How Not to Make Them in Homesteading’.  About 10 years ago my family and I found this...
