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.
Smoked Salmon Roe
It’s salmon season up here in Fairbanks. My husband Joel came home about a week ago with 28 sockeye/red salmon from the Copper River! This year in addition to smoking and kippering the fillets myself, which I’ve written about before here, I decided to...
How to Appreciate the Little Things in Alaska Life
Living in Alaska makes me really appreciate the little things in life. I don’t take anything for granted. For example, I can’t assume that the package I ordered will show up intact or even show up at all. Or that I will always have plumbing or that a...
How to Protect Your Children from Mosquitoes
Alaska is known for many things; big mammals, lots of space, and oil drilling among other things. But Alaska is also famous for its mosquitoes. From June 1st through the end of July it’s mosquito season, and it can be downright nasty and sometimes hard to...
How to Make a Sourdough Starter
I love sourdough bread. During the past year, I’ve been experimenting with ways to make a sourdough starter, not only start it but keep it alive. Here are nine ways to start and keep alive a sourdough starter. These methods are very easy and I bet you have at...
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 whenever I want. So I finally did. I’m going to share with you a very simple and quick way to make sourdough bread. This recipe has all the flavor...
Alternatives to Toilet Paper
Unfortunately for my family and me, I did not hoard toilet paper. So as my dwindling supply of toilet paper runs out I’ve been brainstorming some alternatives for my family. And since I can’t help you in any other way like telling you how to make your...
How to Stop Chicken Pecking
Some chicken pecking occurs in all flocks and is natural to maintain order (i.e. the pecking order). Usually, the pecking is minimal and no one chicken is damaged, but sometimes pecking can become a problem. Usually, problems occur when new chickens are introduced...
Dressing Kids for Cold Weather
Winter in Fairbanks is a minimum of six months long. That’s six months of snow on the ground and usually below freezing temperatures. My kids need to be outdoors every day; it’s extremely important to maintain their health, both physical and mental....
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~ Jessica & April