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.
Holiday Fun Activities
The holidays are here. People are traveling and spending A LOT of time with family. Sometime’s it just your own kids home from school or it can be extended family that you don’t see very often. Regardless, the big question during the holidays is not...
Easy Last Minute Thanksgiving Dishes
It’s happened again. I waited to until the last minute to decide what to make for a Thanksgiving side dish. It’s very common in Fairbanks to have Thanksgiving with friends instead of families because many peoples’ family live so very far away. So...
How to Smoke a Turkey
Thanksgiving is coming up, my husband’s favorite holiday. In our family, I’m in charge of Thanksgiving Turkey from start to finish and since I’m in charge I say “Let’s smoke it”. I love smoked turkey so much I’m going to convince you to smoke your...
How to Create a Stress-Free Holiday
The sound of a crackling fire, laughter in the kitchen, friends and family coming together or a perfectly cooked meal, presents under the tree; these are often the images of the holiday season that you see around you, perfect happiness and joy. This is not always...
Twenty Ways to Save Water on the Homestead
This post is for everyone that plans on living on or is currently living on a homestead and wants to conserve water. I’m not trying to lecture or convince people to conserve water. But for those of you that want to learn how to save water on the homestead,...
Pickled Beet Stems
What to do with the beet stems? That is the question. The beets themselves, easy. Beet greens, no problem. I love to cook and eat them both. But my question has always been, ‘What do I do with the beet stems’? In the past I’ve composted the stems....
DIY Farm Table
Our original kitchen table was a beautiful antique given to us by my mother-in-law. The table seated four and had one of those pop-up inserts that folded up from the middle of the table. Small, space-saving, old, beautiful, and, absolutely unsuitable for three...
5 Simple Kale Recipes
I love kale for many reasons. First, it’s really tasty. Two, I can easily grow a lot of it making me feel like a master gardener. Three, it’s very versatile in recipes; kale can be used in cold or hot salads, smoothies, broths or stocks,...
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~ Jessica & April