We’re sisters with a shared dream: to create a welcoming space for dreamers, quiet backyard chicken keepers, collectors of forgotten skills, industrious gardeners, and the endlessly curious.

This is a gathering place for anyone who longs to live more sustainably and stay rooted in the community they call home. To us, homesteading isn’t measured by acres of land or a barn full of animals—it’s a way of bringing intention and meaning into everyday life. It’s also a way to push back against loneliness by connecting with others, sharing knowledge, and weaving community through simple, everyday acts.

A modern homesteader might be someone growing herbs on a windowsill, experimenting with cheesemaking in the kitchen, meeting friends for a knitting class, trading tools with neighbors, or tending a small plot at the community garden.

This is the face of today’s homesteader: people just like you.

Do what you can, right where you are—and find joy, connection, and belonging along the way.

Outdoor Clotheslines

If someday I had to stop homesteading there are two things I’d never give up. One is my chickens, and the other is my clothesline. I think most of you would probably agree on keeping chickens. Chickens make cute noises, come in a variety of colors and breeds, and...

Trading on the Homestead

One of my favorite activities is to trade with other people. Not buy, but trade, swap, bargain, give, gift, and receive. Not only is it fun, but it can be very beneficial to your homestead. I'm going to share with you why and how you should join the trading game....

Winter Animal Care

I love my animals! Love them, except in winter, when I don't. Then they go from movie star status to unsightly object on the bottom of my shoe type of admiration. Through no fault of their own of course. They are just as quirky and wonderful as they were in the...

Pumpkin Soup

Winter is the season for warm socks, hot drinks, and warming soup. Pumpkin Soup or Winter Squash Soup is one of my favorites, full of flavor and warmth, this soup makes a statement. Perfect for company or for a cozy evening by the fire. I enjoy the flavors of curry...

Six Seasons in Alaska

Fairbanks does not follow the 'classic' seasons of winter, spring, summer, and fall. These seasons are a myth, an idea, a dream. There are six real seasons in Fairbanks as follows: Breakup, Greenup, Mosquito Season, August (the Rainy Month), September (the Fall...

How to make your own bacon!

Unless you are a vegetarian, you love bacon. 2017 was the...

How to Garden with Young Children

Gardening with young children can be a mixed bag of experiences. Initially capturing their...

Six Uses for Birch Sap

It's almost time to tap the birch trees again. Even though it was -20F in town as I wrote this, I...

Top 5 Summer Rhubarb Recipes

Growing a garden in Fairbanks is challenging at best with a very short growing season of just 60...

How to Make a Sourdough Starter

I love sourdough bread. During the past year, I've been experimenting with ways to make a...

Birch Sap Sourdough Starter

Birch trees, like maple trees, produce sap that can be reduced down to make syrup. Awesome, right,...

DIY Goat Milk Yogurt

My kids are yogurt fiends! I've been feeding plain Nancy's yogurt to the kids since they were...

Salmon Marinade

My absolute favorite salmon recipe is salmon tacos. I know, I know, use valuable salmon for tacos?...

Pressure Canning Basics

Pressure canning is a method used to preserve low acid foods such as vegetables and meat, beans...

How to Make Sourdough Bread

I'm a huge fan of sourdough bread. I've always wanted to figure out how to make it so I can eat it...

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~ Jessica & April

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