For my fellow homesteading enthusiasts, I’m starting a new weekly feature on the blog called Traditional Homestead Quick Tips. These will be short and sweet posts where I will share with you a homestead tip that I’ve learned along the way, whether it be from my own experience or from the experience of the wise […]
Do you love your garden? Most people would say YES! We LOVE our garden! We LOVE getting out there in the spring, breaking in our backs for the year, getting our hands dirty and sprinkling on those first seeds, dreaming of the harvest to come. We LOVE tending to those pretty rows, watching and tracking […]
It’s one of the last crops that we pull in for the year: potatoes. They can stay in the ground long after the cold winds blow, and the overlooked ones have been known to emerge like forgotten dinosaur fossils the following spring. The great thing about them is they’re easy to grow and produce a […]
It all started with Page 106 of a tattered old 1893 cookbook that I was flipping through the other night, nestled up with my baby girl, looking for some inspiration from our wise sisters of the past. And when I came upon the words on this page, I felt so strongly that they were written […]
A very generous friend of mine and her prolific plum tree finds me with the delightful task of seeking out new and interesting ways to use up this delicious fall fruit. And in both my search of a new recipe and my constant desire to reconnect with the ways of the past, I came upon […]
Since making the decision to stop purchasing milk from the store and instead opting for raw milk from our local natural dairy, I have not only done my fair share of research on raw milk but have also discovered how incredibly versatile this product is! There is so much information out there on raw milk, […]
It’s hunting season once again, which means a fresh supply of wild game for us. We truly depend on this generous time of year to sustain our family’s meat supply, and when it comes time to preserving and putting away meat, we use everything. And canning meat has become my most favorite way to accomplish […]
I mentioned a while back the importance of taking things one step at a time when embarking upon the road of self-sufficiency. It’s so easy to get caught up in the excitement and idea of living a through-and-through homemade/from scratch lifestyle. I myself have experienced burnout due to trying to do too many things at […]
Last year, I wrote a how-to post on using a weighted gauge pressure canner. Today I’d like to share with you how to use a dial gauge pressure canner. The main difference between a weighted gauge and a dial gauge is that the weighted gauge canner has a weight on top that will jiggle or […]
Every year, it’s interesting to see what will come first: the blueberries or the raspberries- of if they will come at the same time! This year, blueberries were ready first. With all of the early summer rain and then the nice heat that we got, we had to scramble to get them picked before they […]
